Granavollen
Granavollen
Granvollen[1] | |
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Village | |
View of the two medieval churches in Granavollen | |
Interactive map of Granavollen | |
Granavollen Granavollen | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′01″N 10°31′43″E / 60.36682°N 10.52861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Eastern Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Hadeland |
| Municipality | Gran Municipality |
| Elevation | 346 m (1,135 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 2750 Gran |
Granavollen[1] is a small village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northwest of the larger village of Gran and about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the southwest of Jaren.[3][4]
Granavollen is famed for the Sister Churches which are a pair of 12th century grey stone long churches,[5][6] as well as the Norse runestone carvings.[7][8][9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Granavollen, Gran". yr.no. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Granavollen". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Granavollen". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Søsterkirkene - A landmark". Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Local history". Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Church History". granavolden.no. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2018.