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Bjørsvik

Bjørsvik

24.06.2018 - 15:41

The industrial settlement Bjørsvik

Model of the mining area at Litlabø, Stord

Litlabø

19.06.2018 - 16:35

The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it was used for dynamite production. That came to a sudden end when the factory exploded and three people died.

Frontalen fra den gamle stavkirken i Ulvik

Church Art – a Message in Pictures

19.05.2018 - 11:42

In the still and dim church interiors of the Middle Ages the performances of belief came to life in the gleam from the wax candles. Here the essential articles of faith were presented, here the church was presented through holy men and holy women and here the events from the Gospels were told: the angels with Maria, the birth of the baby Jesus, the Three Wise Men, the history of the drama of the Passion and the victorious Christ.

Kyrkjegard, Leirvåg

Leirvåg

06.05.2019 - 10:23