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century. The heightened vaults were decorated with simple, quite primitive decorations. In the western part of the nave, there is a row of grotesque heads in the vaults and on the walls. They include primitive figures of a man and a woman holding each other's hands. Another pair have swords in their hands and are tied together with a rope. There are also lively scenes of dancing and hunting. In addition to the date of 1494 (Anno dni m cd xc iiii) in a rosette, there are paintings of the
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353:Hother Hage
302:Evangelists
253:H.B. Storck
249:Reformation
109:Years built
33:Stege Kirke
832:Categories
776:Møns Klint
710:Marienborg
604:Localities
498:12°17′03″E
495:54°59′03″N
470:Literature
372:References
344:Churchyard
178:building.
176:Romanesque
149:Stege Sogn
749:Geography
680:Grønsalen
575:Damsholte
457:2 January
255:in 1909.
189:peninsula
766:Grønsund
720:Nordfeld
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626:Churches
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332:and the
318:Nativity
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231:Interior
182:Location
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556:Denmark
259:Frescos
237:chancel
195:History
158:, also
135:Deanery
123:Diocese
70:Denmark
66:Country
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