Hemse stave church

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Hemse stave church is a rediscovered palisade church from Hemse at Gotland. Before the present Hemse church was built there was a stave church from the early christian period in the beginning of 11th century. The solid and richly ornamented stave planks of oak was used as a wooden floor in the present church. This stave church, or palisade church as would be a more correct description, is the only more or less complete church rediscovered from the introduction of Christianity in Sweden. It is now in storage at Statens historiska museum in Stockholm.