Annelöv Church ( sv, Annelövs kyrka) is a church in

Annelöv Annelöv is a locality situated in Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. Background and History Annelöv Church was built in the 12th century but was preceded by a stave church. Annelöv was founded during the Middle Ages as a linear ...

in the Swedish province

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conte ...

. It was built during the 12th century but has been much altered since.

History and appearance

During archaeological excavations in the 1960s, evidence was found that a wooden stave church was the first church to be built at the site. The present stone church was built at the end of the 12th century. It was built in a Romanesque tradition with

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

and

apse In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In ...

. The tower was built during the 14th century, and a church porch during the 15th century.

Brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...

vaults supporting the ceiling of the church were also constructed in the 15th century, although they were replaced with a wooden

barrel vault A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault, wagon vault or wagonhead vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. The curves are ...

during the 19th century. In 1829–1830, a northern

transept A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building withi ...

was added, and approximately ten years later the medieval church porch was demolished. The church underwent further changes in 1966–1968, when the vaults of the church were replaced once more and the church was renovated. During this work, several graves, including pre-Christian, were discovered under the floor of the church. The

altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...

of the church is from the 1620s, and its central subject is the Last Supper. The

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

dates from 1580. The

stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

window in the apse is made in 1970 by artist .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Annelov Church Churches in Skåne County Churches in the Øresund Region Churches in the Diocese of Lund