Hvalsey Church

Hvalsey Church
Hvalsø Kirke
Hvalsey Church ruins
Hvalsey Church
60°49′43″N 45°46′54″W / 60.828664°N 45.781656°W / 60.828664; -45.781656
LocationHvalsey
CountryGreenland
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusRuins
Founded12th century
Specifications
Length16 metres (52 ft 6 in)
Width8 metres (26 ft 3 in)
Administration
DioceseGarðar

Hvalsey Church (Danish: Hvalsø Kirke; Old Norse: Hvalseyjarfjarðarkirkja) was a Catholic church at the abandoned Greenlandic Norse homestead of Hvalseyjarfjord (near modern-day Qaqortoq). The best preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, the church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408.

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