TIL that Norway’s stave churches, like the 12th-century one in Borgund, were built using cured pinewood, wooden pegs, and interlocking post-and-beam joinery – without nails – and resting on stone foundations to prevent rot.

TIL that Norway’s stave churches, like the 12th-century one in Borgund, were built using cured pinewood, wooden pegs, and interlocking post-and-beam joinery – without nails – and resting on stone foundations to prevent rot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stave_church

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