Hvalsey Church

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Norse site archaeological site church ruin medieval church

Hvalsey Church is a well-preserved medieval Norse church ruin in Greenland, notable as the site of the last recorded event of the Norse Greenlanders.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hvalsey Church canonical 6
Hvalsey church ruins 2
Hvalsey Church ruins 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
church ruin ⓘ
medieval church ⓘ
abandonedBy Norse settlers ⓘ
abandonmentCentury 15th century ⓘ
associatedWith end of Norse settlement in Greenland ⓘ
builtInCentury 14th century ⓘ
category Church ruins in Greenland ⓘ
Medieval churches in the Kingdom of Norway’s overseas territories ⓘ
Norse archaeological sites in Greenland ⓘ
constructionPeriod 14th century ⓘ
coordinatesType geographic coordinates available ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
culture Norse ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
estimatedConstructionDate circa 1300 ⓘ
eventDate 1408 ⓘ
eventType wedding ceremony ⓘ
governingBody Government of Greenland ⓘ
hasFeature chancel ⓘ
rectangular nave ⓘ
small window openings ⓘ
thick stone walls ⓘ
heritageStatus well-preserved ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
Norse Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Norse Greenland period
lastRecordedEvent wedding at Hvalsey in 1408 ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Settlement ⓘ
Hvalsey ⓘ
Hvalseyfjorden ⓘ
surface form: Hvalsey Fjord

Kujalleq municipality ⓘ
Southern Greenland ⓘ
surface form: southern Greenland
locatedNear Norse Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Erik the Red’s Brattahlid region

Hvalsey Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hvalsey farmstead ruins
material stone ⓘ
notableFor best-preserved Norse church ruin in Greenland ⓘ
site of the last recorded event of the Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
partOf Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
preservationStatus ruin ⓘ
referenceIn Icelandic annals ⓘ
late medieval documents about Greenland ⓘ
region Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic
religion Christianity ⓘ
roofStatus roofless ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction in southern Greenland ⓘ
usedBy Norse Greenlanders ⓘ
wallCondition substantially intact stone walls ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hvalsey → hasPart → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
Eastern Settlement, Greenland → hasChurch → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
Kujalleq municipality → containsNorseArchaeologicalSite → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hvalsey Church ruins
Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland → hasChurch → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
Hvalsey Church → locatedNear → Hvalsey Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hvalsey farmstead ruins
Hvalseyfjorden → associatedWith → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
Hvalseyfjorden → knownFor → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hvalsey church ruins
Hvalseyfjorden → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hvalsey farmstead
Hvalseyfjorden → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hvalsey church ruins
Norse colonies in Greenland → hasArchaeologicalSite → Hvalsey Church ⓘ
Norse Greenlanders → built → Hvalsey Church ⓘ