Stenåsa church
At the eastern land road with a wide view of the Baltic Sea and the Alvar, is Stenåsa church. The church site is in a long line of row villages that make up the old Stenåsa parish.
There has been a church on the site since the Viking Age and the burial grounds near the villages bear witness to early Christianity. A stone church was built in the late 1100th century around the old wooden church. Västtorn was added shortly afterwards as usual on Öland. The tower had a portal to the south. The lower floor of the tower with the master's quarters was reached by this route. In the middle of the 1200th century, the church was extended when a straight-ended chancel was erected. In the east gable there was a three-part window with stained glass. In the window recesses there were plaster paintings depicting Saint Olof and Mary Magdalene. Stenåsa church was probably one of many Olof churches.
As usual, this church building eventually became too small and talks about a new church went on for several decades. In 1831, the current church was completed. This one was also built around the old one whose masonry was demolished. Stenåsa new church is a bright hall church in traditional neoclassical style. The church room is decorated with elegant decorative paintings on the ceiling and around the windows. A find of paradise from the 1200th century is one of the few preserved medieval objects. The church nave from the 1600th century is one of Öland's oldest.
As usual, this church building eventually became too small and talks about a new church went on for several decades. In 1831, the current church was completed. This one was also built around the old one whose masonry was demolished. Stenåsa new church is a bright hall church in traditional neoclassical style. The church room is decorated with elegant decorative paintings on the ceiling and around the windows. A find of paradise from the 1200th century is one of the few preserved medieval objects. The church nave from the 1600th century is one of Öland's oldest.