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Hvalsey Church

Hvalsey Church is a ruined stone church of the Norse Eastern Settlement in southern Greenland, near modern Qaqortoq, and the best-preserved Norse building in Greenland. A wedding held there in September 1408, recorded in Icelandic documents, is the last written record of the Norse Greenlanders. The ruins are part of the Kujataa World Heritage Site.

Hvalsey Church
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hvalsey Church. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hvalsey-church
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The Epoch Institute. “Hvalsey Church.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hvalsey-church.
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