Vestre Moland Church | |
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Vestre Moland kirke | |
58°15′32″N 8°21′55″E / 58.2589°N 08.3652°E | |
Location | Lillesand Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 1150 |
Events | 1797: large addition |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Cruciform |
Completed | c. 1150 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 350 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Vest-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Lillesand |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85819 |
Vestre Moland Church (Norwegian: Vestre Moland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Møglestu, just outside the town of Lillesand. It is one of the churches for the Lillesand parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect, but has since been converted into a cruciform design. The church seats about 350 people.[1][2][3][4]