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Kaupang in Skiringssal

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Kaupang in Skiringssal
Kaupang in Skiringssal
Kaupang in Skiringssal
Kaupang in Skiringssal
Kaupang in Skiringssal
Kaupang in Skiringssal
Kaupang in Skiringssal
Phone:
+47 906 22 744

Address:
Lamoeya, 3261, Norway

Kaupang was a Norse term for market-place. Today, it is generally used as a name of the first town-like market-place in Norway, the Kaupang in Skiringssal, which is located in Tjølling near Larvik in Vestfold. Kaupang was an important merchant and craft center during the Viking period and as yet the first known Norwegian trading outpost.Kaupang is home to remains for the oldest Nordic town yet discovered. At Kaupang lie remains of one of Scandinavia’s earliest urban sites, established in year 800 A.D. Kaupang was abandoned in the mid-10th century.It has been described as Norway’s most important monument from the Viking Age.
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