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Hegge stave church (Hegge stavkyrkje) is an early 13th-century stave church located in Øystre Slidre municipality in Valdres Norway.The first recorded reference to the church is from 1327. Dendrochronological dating of some of the logs in the church however indicates that the church was built around 1216. It is a basilica type church with 8 free-standing interior columns forming an arcade surrounding a central area with a raised roof.

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