Hvalsey Church
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Hvalsey Church (Danish: Hvalsø Kirke; Old Norse: Hvalseyjarfjarðarkirkja) was a Catholic church in the abandoned Greenlandic Norse settlement of Hvalsey (now modern-day Qaqortoq). The best preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, the church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408.[1]
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Hvalsey Church | |
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Hvalsø Kirke | |
60.828664°N 45.781656°W / 60.828664; -45.781656 | |
Location | Hvalsey |
Country | Greenland |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Ruins |
Founded | 12th century |
Specifications | |
Length | 16 metres (52 ft 6 in) |
Width | 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) |
Administration | |
Diocese | Garðar |
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