
Marble arch above the choir window at Gildeskål church in Northern Norway. Photo by Per Storemyr
The small, Romanesque Gildeskål church is one of the most complete marble churches in Norway. It resides at the magnificent coast along the Atlantic Ocean far up north, in Nordland county. And it is, presumably, the northernmost marble church in the world. Together with Giske church further south, it is part of outstanding, but little known, medieval marble architecture in Norway, of which Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, with thousands of marble columns, is the most spectacular example. Continue reading














