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Architectural Building Attractions In Western Norway

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Western Norway is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has a population of approximately 1.3 million people. The largest city is Bergen and the second-largest is Stavanger. Historically the regions of Agder, Vest-Telemark, Hallingdal, Valdres and northern parts of Gudbrandsdal have been included in Western Norway.Western Norway, as well as other parts of historical regions of Norway, shares a common history with Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland and to a lesser extent the Netherlands and Britain. For example, the Icelandic horse i...
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Architectural Building Attractions In Western Norway

  • 1. Volda kyrkje Volda
    Volda Church is a parish church in Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Volda, along the northeastern shore of the Voldsfjorden. The church is part of the Volda parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The large stone church was built in 1932 to replace an earlier church that burned down on 7 April 1929. It was consecrated on 1 May 1932 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer. The church was built by the architect Arnstein Arneberg, and it seats about 800 people. The church site dates back to an old stave church that was originally built around the year 1200.
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  • 3. St. Mary Church Bergen
    St Mary's Church is a parish church in Bergen municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the Bryggen area in the central part of the city of Bergen. The church is part of Bergen Cathedral parish in the Bergen arch-deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.The construction of the church is believed to have started in the 1130s or 1140s and completed around 1180, making this church the oldest remaining building in the whole city of Bergen. There have been a few fires that burned the church, as well as several renovations and reconstructions, most recently in 2013.
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  • 4. Haugesund Town Hall Haugesund
    Haugesund is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is the main population centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the main urban area surrounding the city centre, with the northwestern part of the municipality being fairly rural.
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  • 5. Lyse Abbey Lysekloster
    Lyse Abbey or Saint Mary's Abbey, Lyse is a now-ruined Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Os in the county of Hordaland in south-western Norway. The name Lyse is derived from the Lysefjorden, the fjord of light, near which the building stood. The abbey lies at the southern base of the Lyshornet mountain.
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