Borgund Stave Church in Norway was built sometime between 1180 and 1250 AD. It's part of of a group of medieval churches almost only present in Scandinavia, built with wood only and without using a single nail [📹 archeojobs]
@Rainmaker1973 @grok how did the wood survive this long
@Rainmaker1973 @grok is this true?
@Rainmaker1973 This is not a church. This is a peace treaty, carved in wood. A monument to the moment the Archons of a new religion (Christianity) were forced to negotiate with the old gods of the land. The structure is for the Christian god, but the dragon heads that guard the roof are for the
@Rainmaker1973 How to tell there are no 'Middle Eastern asylum seekers'🙄🙄🙄 nearby: ancient wooden churches are still standing.
@Rainmaker1973 There are parts of the world where people live in make shift tents or mud huts TODAY! Why the lack of skills?
@Rainmaker1973 Got a love all those bright vivid colors.
@Rainmaker1973 Soon to be mosque-fyed…
@Rainmaker1973 Protect it with your life. Now that you’ve shown it, muslims will try to burn it down.
@Rainmaker1973 Just wait, some Muslim migrant will burn it to the ground.
@Rainmaker1973 and they say we have no culture…
@Rainmaker1973 Stave churches
@Rainmaker1973 Don’t let the Muslims find it they will destroy it.
@Rainmaker1973 Thank God the Turk & Muslim hordes didn't get to it. They destroyed and burned most Churches & Christian art and relics in Europe for hundreds of years, through jihad invasions of plunder and destruction.
@Rainmaker1973 I thought that was the Weasley’s house
@Rainmaker1973 Don't tell the asshoes about it, they'll come burn it down just to be contrarian.
@Rainmaker1973 Looks like a cool place to breathe 😎🤐
@Rainmaker1973 I being there and it’s truly an incredible building mesmerising
@Rainmaker1973 Beautiful!
@Rainmaker1973 That's a church?
@Rainmaker1973 Better start hiring security because something tells me they will try to set in on fire.
@Rainmaker1973 Scandinavians know how to work with their wood.
@Rainmaker1973 @GuitaristOnBass have you been here? It's beautiful 😍
@Rainmaker1973 That place is gorgeous! How do they preserve the wood in that environment?
@Rainmaker1973 Looks like it is just the top of the building?? 🤔🤔
@Rainmaker1973 Interesting architecture.
@Rainmaker1973 I could live there. 💗
@Rainmaker1973 And no computers, electric tools, or unions.
@Rainmaker1973 great form & function
@Rainmaker1973 Amazing.
@Rainmaker1973 Ain’t gorilla glue fantastic?
@Rainmaker1973 That's a haunting structure.
@Rainmaker1973 It's absolutely stunning and beyond incredible! Such a beautiful and old church tells many stories and really puts life in perspective. The level of details this church has is amazing. 🤩
@Rainmaker1973 Wow!! This is really beautiful. 💛
@Rainmaker1973 Amazing craftsmanship!
@Rainmaker1973 I’ve seen this in person. So creative and beautiful 😍
@Rainmaker1973 fabulous!
