Sola Ruin Church

Rogaland · Norge · Ruin

Sola Ruin Church was raised around 1140 on a sand hill on Jæren's open coast and is first mentioned in writing in 1273. For seven hundred years its low stone tower was the key landmark for anyone sailing that notorious shoreline, where countless ships were lost. The church went out of use in 1842 and was left to decay until the painter Johan Bennetter bought the ruin in 1871, restored it and lived and worked in it until 1907. During the Second World War the German occupation tore down most of the walls to clear sightlines around the airfield. The church was reconstructed in 1992–95 from what survived. It now stands alone against the sea wind once more, a room in which the Middle Ages, an artist's life and a war lie layered on top of one another.

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Hvor ligger Sola Ruin Church?

Sola Ruin Church ligger i Rogaland, Norge.

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