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Mark Priormarkrprior@ohai.social
2023-02-17

Today we visit the small village of Kirkjubøur in the Faroe Islands for today's #PhotoOfTheDay.
In the foreground is the 12th century Olavskirkjan (St Olav's Church), the oldest church in the Faroe Islands, and behind it are the ruins of the Magnus Cathedral and Kirkjubøargarður, a wooden farmhouse built in the 11th century.
#photography #PhotoFriday #FaroeIslands #Kirkjubøur #SaintOlavsChurch #travel

In the foreground is a small whitewashed stone church. From this angle there is a single small rectangular window set high in the wall of the church. Atop the building is a wooden tower which also contains a window but it has a red shutter closed across it. Behind the church is the ruin of a medieval cathedral. All that largely remains are the stone walls and as part of a conservation project there is a protective shield on the top of the walls. To the far left of the image is a wooden farmhouse with a turf roof and red painted window frames. Behind all these buildings is a grass covered slope leading to a cliff face.

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