Kungsportsavenyen
Length | 840 metres (2,760 ft) |
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Width | 40 metres (130 ft) |
Addresses | Kungsportsavenyn 1–45 |
Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Coordinates | 57°41′51″N 11°58′45″E / 57.69750°N 11.97917°E |
Construction | |
Commissioned | 1850s |
Construction start | 1860s |
Completion | 1930s |
Avenyn (English: The Avenue; formally Kungsportsavenyen, (en. "Kingsgate Avenue")) is the main
With a total length of about 1000 meters, it stretches from Vallgraven ("The Moat") at the edge of the oldest part of Gothenburg, and ends at the Götaplatsen square, where the Gothenburg Museum of Art and other prime cultural institutions are located.
At Vallgraven, it connects to the narrower street Östra Hamngatan (formerly a canal), and the Avenue takes its full name after Kungsporten, the "King's Gate", which was located at the point in the fortifications where Östra Hamngatan ends (see Kungsportsplatsen). The gate and the rest of the fortifications were demolished in the 19th century and replaced by a park.
Initially a residential street for the wealthy businessmen of the city, Avenyn passes the
References
- ^ "Byggnadsminnen i Västra Götalands län" (in Swedish). Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2013.