Kirkjubøur

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Kirkjubøur, cultural heritage village on the island of Streymoy, Faroe Islands.

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Map [edit]

  • Position map.

The site [edit]

Photos [edit]

  • St. Olav's church and Kirkjubøargarður

  • Scene in Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøhólmur and St. Olav's church

  • Kirkjubøargarður and st. Olavs church

  • Houses on Í Lágabø street

  • Blizzard in Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøur 1899.

  • Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøur

  • View from Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøur

  • View from Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøur

  • Kirkjubøur

  • The ruins of the Magnus Cathedral

  • Kirkjubøur

  • Saint Olavs Church

  • Saint Olav's church

  • Saint Olav's church

  • Saint Olav's church (painting:Trondur Paturson)

  • Orginal stones in the Olav Church

Stamp [edit]

  • Stamp FO 534 of 2005.

The Cathedral Ruins [edit]

Photos [edit]

  • The Magnus cathedral ruins and the Viking yard

  • Inside the ruins

  • Ruins under restoration

Lithographs [edit]

  • 1839

Stamps [edit]

Faroese stamps 1988:

  • FR 169: The Cathedral. Note the lovely detail of ewe and lamb in the foreground.

  • FR 170: Detail of a gothic arc.

  • FR 171: The crucifixion on an indoor wall.

  • FR 172: Inside the ruins.

The pew ends [edit]

The mediaeval pew ends are from the Saint Olav's church and now to be found in the National Museum of the Faroe Islands.

Faroese stamps 1980:

  • FR 49: Maria and Baby Jesus

  • FR 50: St. John the Baptist

  • FR 51: St. Peter

  • FR 52: St. Paul

Faroese stamps 1984:

Faroese stamps 2001:

  • FR 379: Saint Andrew.

  • FR 380: Saint Bartholomew.

  • FR 381: Unidentified apostle.

  • FR 382: Unidentified apostle.

The Madonna of Kirkjubø [edit]

Findings from the Viking Age [edit]

  • FR 177 of 1989: Carved horse, found 1955.

People [edit]

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