St. Mary's Church, Oslo
St. Mary's Church (
History
St. Mary's Church had been built of stone in stages with final additions made in the 14th century. A major remodeling in the 1200s gave the church a new Gothic choir. Major rebuild in the 1300s added two large towers to the west and a new and large cruciform choir. It was the royal chapel and had an important political role, as its
Protestant Reformation, it was so dilapidated that it could not be repaired and was demolished in 1542.[3]
Excavations were first conducted in 1867 by
Akershus Castle.[4]
The area where the Norwegian Crown Prince Residence of Skaugum is located today in the municipality of Asker, originally belonged to the St. Mary's Church.[5]
References
- ^ "Mariakirken kirkested". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Sverre Bagge (1975). "Kanslerembedet og Mariakirken i Oslo". Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archivedfrom the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Jørgen H. Jensenius. "Mariakirken". Stavkirke.info. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Skaugum Estate page at the official Norwegian Royal website
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