St. Hallvard's Cathedral

Oslo, Norway

St. Hallvard's Cathedral (Hallvardskatedralen), the former Oslo Cathedral, was the earliest cathedral in Oslo. The cathedral was built at the height of the Old Town market square Oslo during the early 12th century, and was used as a church until about 1655. Besides being the bishop's seat and religious center of eastern Norway for about 500 years, the cathedral was the coronation church, royal wedding church, chapel royal, and one of Scandinavia's most visited place of pilgrimage. St. Hallvard cemetery is located mainly south of the cathedral. It was the honorary cemetery in Oslo and eastern Norway from around 1130 to 1639. Here the bishops, chiefs and other prominent men and women were buried. The most prominent was interred in the church along with the kings.

Today the cathedral is in ruins. The main body in the ruins park (Memorial Park), the southern part under a concrete cap - and the concrete lid of the street of Bispegata. Towards the end of the 19th century were Bispegata extended in an easterly direction, over the cathedral site. It has been put in place to remove Bispegata's eastern part, as a result of the completion of the Ekeberg Tunnel and the modified veian resort in the lower Lodalen. In that case, the ruins of St. Hallvard Cemetery exposed, and the Medieval city triangular marketplace, Oslo squares, re-established west of St. Hallvard Cemetery. Neighboring the Cathedral was the smaller Church of the Cross.

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Bispegata 2, Oslo, Norway
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Founded: 12th century
Category: Miscellaneous historic sites in Norway

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Theo (14 months ago)
I believe in God and he helps me when things are not going so well
Kris. Ell.b. (2 years ago)
It is nice that this rouins still exists. The old Oslo, from the midel ages. And fun that they have recreated the old shor-line, so you can compare with how much lower the shor-line is today.
Skjalg Ask Tøraasen-Osflaten (3 years ago)
A church and monastery ruin containing a couple of 16th century tombstones.
Helge Rafaelsen (4 years ago)
Old monetary ruines, nice in sunny sommerdays
Pirate Sparrow (4 years ago)
Ok I recommend to see
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