Vestre Åmøy Chapel () is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located on the western end of the small island of

Åmøy Åmøy is an island in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island lies just north of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger in a group of islands. The islands of Sokn and Bru, Rogaland, Bru both lie to the west of Åmøy an ...

. It is an annex chapel in the Mosterøy

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which is part of the Tungenes prosti (

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) in the

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. The white, wooden chapel was built in a

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style in 1953 using designs by an unknown

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. The chapel seats about 80 people. The building was renovated in 1980.

History

Historically, the island of Åmøy was divided between two different municipalities and two different parishes. This chapel was part of Rennesøy Municipality and the Mosterøy parish which was part of the Tungenes prosti. The other half of the island was the site of

Austre Åmøy Chapel Austre Åmøy Chapel () is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern part of the small island of Åmøy. It is an chapel of ease, annex chapel in the Mosterøy parish which ...

. That chapel was located in

and part of the Vardeneset parish which was part of the Ytre Stavanger prosti. On 1 January 2020, the two municipalities were merged into Stavanger Municipality. On the same date, the Austre Åmøy chapel was transferred to the Mosterøy parish in Tungenes prosti.

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History

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