Lura Church Explained

Lura Church
Fullname:Lura kirke
Coordinates:58.8726°N 5.7317°W
Location:Sandnes,
Rogaland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Stavanger bispedømme
Parish:Lura
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1987
Consecrated Date:1987
Completed Date:1987
Architect:Ingeborg Hoem
and Knut Hoem
Architectural Type:Fan-shaped
Materials:Brick
Capacity:320

Lura Church (Norwegian: Lura kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Lura in the northern part of the city of Sandnes in the extreme western part of the municipality. It is the church for the Lura parish which is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 1987 using plans drawn up by the architects Ingeborg and Knut Hoem. The church seats about 320 people.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lura kirke . 2020-10-23 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2020-10-23 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.