Among all 29 stave churches preserved to our times, the church in Urnes (Ornes) is the oldest and has the most valuable, unique monuments.It was inscribed on the UNESCO cultural heritage list in 1979.Located on a hill above Lustrafjord (the farthest branch of the Sognefjord), the church looks really impressive against the landscape of western Norway. The church in Urnes, or rather in Ornes (Norwegian O is pronounced like U, hence someone decided to change the official name of the temple to make life easier for visitors) was built approximately in 1130. Like other structures of this type, it was built on the basis of vertical, woodenpillars, supported on stones…