Antique & Vintage Postcards

Real photo postcard of Borgund Stave Church (Borgund gamle Stavkirke) in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The church is photographed close-up from the southwest, filling nearly the entire frame with its extraordinary tiered shingled roof structure — multiple overlapping rooflines ascending in diminishing tiers to the central ridge tower, with carved dragon-head finials at the gable ends. The surrounding stone wall and the steep bare mountain slope behind are visible. The photograph captures the textural complexity of the hand-split wooden shingles and the dark tarred timber construction in fine detail.