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==History==
Vang, as with the rest of Valdres, was originally populated by migrants from [[Vestlandet]]. In 1153, recognizing this, then [[Pope Adrian IV|Cardinal Breakespear]] included these valleys in the Diocese of [[Stavanger]].
The ancient church of Vang was the site of a 'ting' held by [[Haakon VI of Norway|Haakon VI]] in 1368. At this 'ting' he settled a boundary dispute; the boundary stone which resulted stands to this day.
High up the slopes of Filefjell stands Nystua, where travellers found refuge as the passed across the divide into [[Vestlandet]]. On the other side of the pass stands Maristua, erected at the direction of [[Margaret I of Denmark|Queen Margaret]] circa 1390. Although the Nystua is first mentioned in 1627, it is undoubtedly older. These refuges were maintained by the state until 1830.
In ''Smeddalen'' (smith's valley) immediately west of Nystua stood for centuries the church of ''St. Thomas på Filefjell''. The earliest reference to it is in 1615, but it was apparently a stave church, so would have been much older. Because many superstitions grew up about miraculous cures there, it was torn down in 1808.
==Sights==
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