Torpo Travel Guide

 evaanna Says:  If you look carefully at the paintings on the canopy at the Torpo Stavkirke, you will notice a figure of a woman being tortured. That's St. Margaret, a martyr who preferred to die rather than break her vows. Her father was a pagan priest in Asia Minor but, her mother having... 

 evaanna Says:  Torpo Stavkirke is a unique example of 12th century timber churches in Norway. Built around 1192, it is worth making a detour via Hallingdalen on your way from Bergen to Oslo. To enter it, you must visit the cottage next door and, on paying your admission fees (30 NOK per... 

 truus_s Says:  Autumn in Norway..I see so much nice muschrooms on the way..Great to see..All the threes are also so beautifull. 

 truus_s Says:  The stave churches from part of Europe's rich building tradition .Troughthout the rest of Europe.the stave churchs were gradually replaed by stone-built churches.while in spasely-populated Norway the stave church continued to develop. 

 truus_s Says:  Torpo stave church is only one in Hallingdal which is presevend on its original site. it is one of the oldest of the stave churches ,and is believed to have been built around the middle of the 12th centry. 

 truus_s Says:  The side building is built with logs in the traditionial manner ,and was probbably erected towards the end of the 18th century.Originally it comprised only the one room.with small-paned windows,of wich one still remains on the west wall..