St Olaf's Church, Helsingør

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The St. Olaf Cathedral Church of Elsinore (Danish Sct. Olav Domkirke Helsingør ) is the seat of the Lutheran bishop of Helsingør.

The church dedicated to Saint Olaf was built around 1200 and 1400-50 significantly expands to Gothic elements are characteristic. Further extensions followed by 1475-1560, a portion of the inventory is thereby held in the Renaissance style. The current bell tower is the third, he is from 1897-98. The church was not originally designed as a cathedral, she received this status until 1961, when the diocese was divided Copenhagen.

The cathedral is distinguished by its 12 m high altar, which was created in 1664 in the Baroque style, and the Renaissance frescoes on the vault of the central nave of.