Hvalsey Church, near Qaqortoq, Greenland
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Description: Hvalsey (Greenlandic Qaqortukukooq) is a location near Qaqortoq, Greenland and the site of a number of Greenland's best-preserved Norse ruins in what was known by the Norse as the Eastern Settlement. It is the site of the largest and best-preserved ruins from the Norse period, Hvalseyjarkirkja. The last written records of the Norse Greenlanders are from a 1408 marriage in the church of Hvalsey — today the most well-preserved of the Norse ruins.
Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 10) (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1912)
Keywords: hvalsey Qaqortoq Greenland church, chapel, parish, norse ruins, remnants, rubble, debris, remains
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