Østre Porsgrunn Church
Porsgrunn, Norway
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
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Østre Porsgrunn Church in Porsgrunn, Norway, is a modern parish church completed in 2019 by architect Espen Surnevik. The white, concrete structure, which seats approximately 500 people, replaced an earlier wooden Rococo church designed by Lauritz de Thurah and built in 1760. That historic predecessor, which had served the parish for over two centuries, was destroyed by fire in 2011. The new church occupies the same site in the Kirkehaugen district and continues to serve as one of two parish churches in Porsgrunn.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- church building, cultural property
- Materials
- wood
- Heritage
- cultural heritage preservation in Norway
- Place
- Porsgrunn, Norway
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