Oslo

Norway 2014
P000-0a Day 12 of our tour - farewell Geilo and after visiting the Torpo Stave Church, our journey continued south-easterly for some 115 miles, passing the scenic road...
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P000a-342 ... interesting plant decoration at lobby of hotel where we're staying... let's begin our leisurely city center sightseeing tour...
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P001a Oslo Cathedral (previously Our Saviour's Church), first consecrated in 1697, restored back to its original baroque interior in 1950...
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P002c-057 ... Cathedral situated at Stortorvet Square, the parish church for downtown Oslo and the main church for the Church of Norway Diocese of Oslo...
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P003b-2a ... cathedral's lower end surrounded by the Bazaar (Basarene ved Oslo domkirke), a curved long building with miniature towers with silvery-green copper top; the...
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P0003c-060 ... the Oslo Bazaar (Basarhallene) built 1841-58 around the cathedral...
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P004a-059 ... these fascinating bazaar halls now housing interesting stores for handicrafts, antiques, galleries, cafés and restaurants...
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P005a-061 Oslo Domkirke at Stortorget, with a cruciform ground plan and the west tower with copper-clad spire from the 1800s...
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P006 ... the Baroque pulpit and altar dating back to 1690s...
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P006a-014 ... altar piece in three levels - bottom: The Last Supper; center: Jesus on the cross; top: the victorious Christ...
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P008 ... the silver sculpture Supper (L'ultima Cena) by Italian sculptor Arrigo Minerbi dating from 1930...
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P012 ... stained glass windows installed between 1910–16...
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P015 ... Oslo Domkirke, the large ceiling murals painted between 1936 and 1950...
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P016 ... the current main organ built in 1997 for the church's 300-year anniversary...
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P017 ... Oslo cathedral, its first organ was built in 1711...
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P019 ... today's Oslo domkirke is the third cathedral in Oslo, the first cathdral built by King Sigurd I of Norway in the first half of the 12th century...
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P019a-022 ... the Norwegian Royal Family and the Norwegian Government use the cathedral for public events...
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P020 ... can you spot the Romanesque sculpture
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P020b-062 Trolls, an important part of Norwegian folklore, vary in size and appearance but invariably ugly and messy creatures, and always mischievous if not downright...
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P023 Statue of King Christian IV unveiled in 1880 at Stortorvet Square, across the street to the west of Oslo Cathedral; beautiful flower market at the square in the...
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