Mariakirken
Oslo · c. 1000 — 1542 AD
The king's chapel, seat of Norway's chancellors, and one of the most magnificent churches of the Middle Ages
c. 1050 AD
A stave church rises
On the shore of Bjørvika, where the river meets the fjord, the first staves rose. A simple church built of oak, raised by people who believed in something greater.