runestone was found near the Magnus Cathedral in Kirkjubøur. The stone which is referred to as the Kirkjubøur stone dates back to the Viking Age. The little...
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The Kirkjubøur stone (FR 1) is a runestone found in the Saint Olav's church in Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands. It was discovered in 1832 and is dated to the...
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Kirkjubøargarður (redirect from Farmhouse of Kirkjubøur)
Kirkjubøargarður (Faroese for Yard of Kirkjubøur, also known as King's Farm) is one of the oldest still inhabited wooden houses in the world, if not the...
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Tjørnuvík in the north. From a historic point of view the village of Kirkjubøur near the southern tip of the island is very important as it was an episcopal...
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arms of the Faroe Islands first appears on one of the medieval chairs in Kirkjubøur from around the 15th century. It depicts a silver ram (Faroese: Veðrur)...
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Magnus-katedralurin, Danish: Magnuskatedralen) is a ruined cathedral in the village of Kirkjubøur on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. The ruins are the largest...
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Ólavskirkjan, Danish: Olavskirken) is a medieval church in the village of Kirkjubøur in Streymoy, Faroe Islands. It was built before 1200, which makes it the...
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Tórshavn Cathedral, Olaf II of Norway's Church and the Magnus Cathedral in Kirkjubøur; the Vesturkirkjan and the St. Mary's Church, both of which are situated...
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1978 Kaldbak, in 1997 Argir, in 2001 Kollafjørður, and finally in 2005, Kirkjubøur, Hestur, and Nólsoy. Tórshavn features a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc)...
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huge stained glass windows made by the artist Tróndur Patursson from Kirkjubøur. The church turned out to be two times more expensive than originally...
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Kirkjubøargarður in Kirkjubøur. It was here that Sverre studied for the priesthood and was ordained. The priest school of Kirkjubøur must have been of a...
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St. Olaf's Chapel ruins in Suur-Pakri, Estonia Saint Olav's Church in Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää in Sastamala, Finland St. Olaf's...
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around the year 1000, with the Diocese of the Faroe Islands based at Kirkjubøur, southern Streymoy, of which there were 33 Catholic bishops. The Faroes...
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(registration G-BLDV) Magnus Erlendsson. In the Faroes, the St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkjubøur was built around 1300 A.D., at the time of Bishop Erlendur. It is quite...
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Hilandar Fragments, Temnić inscription c. 1000 Faroese inscription at Kirkjubøur c. 1000 Old East Slavic Novgorod Codex c. 1000 Navarro-Aragonese (Aragonese)...
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in runes. Three rune stones have been found in the Faroe Islands: The Kirkjubøur stone, the Sandavágur stone , and the Fámjin stone. The latter, however...
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Outfield (hagi) near Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands. Angelica archangelica and buttercup (Ranunculus)....
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Faroese church was established as a diocese, with an episcopal residence in Kirkjubøur, and suffragan to several metropolitical sees in succession, but eventually...
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The restaurant is only open from April to September. It was located in Kirkjubøur, 11 km south of Tórshavn until 2017, but then moved to Leynavatn, an area...
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granted to Lund in 1104 and then Niðaros after 1152. The see was based at Kirkjubøur, which legend holds was given to Bishop Orm by Gæsa Sigursdottir as a...
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story that the village was named after a woman called Gæsa, who came from Kirkjubøur. She had eaten meat during the Lent fast, and for this unholy deed all...
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towns and villages: Tórshavn Argir Hoyvík Hvítanes Kaldbak Kaldbaksbotnur Kirkjubøur Velbastaður Kollafjørður Oyrareingir Signabøur Sund Norðradalur Syðradalur...
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Jóannes Patursson (category People from Kirkjubøur)
Islands. Jóannes was born in 1866 as the eldest son of a wealthy farmer in Kirkjubøur. He was the great-grandson of the Faroese national hero Nólsoyar Páll...
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Tróndur Patursson (category People from Kirkjubøur)
Tróndur Patursson (born 1 March 1944 in Kirkjubøur) is a Faroese painter, sculptor, glass artist and explorer. He was educated in Norway and was initially...
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on the advice of Erlend, Bishop of the Diocese of the Faroe Islands in Kirkjubøur and of Sjúrður, Lawspeaker of Shetland, whom Duke Haakon had sent to the...
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Sandoy and Streymoy; the ferry port on Streymoy is at Gamlarætt near Kirkjubøur and Velbastaður on the south-west coast of Streymoy. A sub-sea tunnel...
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Gardens Runestone, Edinburgh, Scotland Sandavágur stone (13th century) Kirkjubøur stone (11th century) Fámjin stone (16th century) Kingittorsuaq Runestone...
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120 hours of English lessons. In the Middle Ages there was education in Kirkjubøur offered by the Catholic Church. According to the Sverris saga, Sverre...
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century. It is the youngest of the Faroese runestones. Sandavágur stone Kirkjubøur stone Suðurøy Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine "Fámjin". Archived...
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Image Building Place Type Date Notes Magnus Cathedral Kirkjubøur Religious c.1300–16th century Ruins. Possibly unfinished....
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