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Urnes Stavkirke (Urnes Wooden Church) is a medieval wooden church located on the shores of Lustrafjorden in the village of Ornes, within the municipality of Luster in the Sogn og Fjordane region of western Norway. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 and is the only stavkirke (wooden stave church) on the list. Dating from the 1130s, the church is a cultural monument representing the fusion of Viking art and Christian medieval architecture. Among the 28 surviving Norwegian s