Budal Church () is a

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within

Midtre Gauldal Municipality Midtre Gauldal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Enodden Enodden is a village in Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the rivers ''Bua'' and ''Ena'', about south of the village of Rognes, Norway, Rognes. It is located in the Budalen valley, about ...

. It is the church for the Budal

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The red, wooden church was built in 1754 using plans drawn up by an unknown

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. The church was built in a Y-shaped design, which is quite rare in Norway. The church seats about 200 people.

History

The mountain valley of Budal was historically rather isolated from the rest of the parish. During the summer of 1752, the bishop requested a building permit from the government to construct a church in Budal. The permit was approved and the church was completed in 1754. It was

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d on 19 June 1754. It was built in a Y-shape and it is the most recently built of the 10 existing Y-shaped churches in Norway.

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Budal kirke.jpg Budal kirke-kyrkje (church built 1754). Midtre Gauldal, Trøndelag, Norway. Graveyard, snow. 2019-03-11 DSC07601.jpg Budal kirke-kyrkje (church built 1754). Midtre Gauldal, Trøndelag, Norway. Graveyard, snow. 2019-03-11 DSC07582.jpg Budal kirke-kyrkje (church built 1754). Midtre Gauldal, Trøndelag, Norway. Graveyard, snow. 2019-03-11 DSC07605.jpg Budal kirke-kyrkje (church built 1754). Midtre Gauldal, Trøndelag, Norway. Graveyard, snow. 2019-03-11 DSC07599.jpg

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