Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown
Project Location: Bergen, Norway
Style/Period(s):
Gothic
Primary Material(s):
Stone
Function(s):
Government
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
13th Century
Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-
Kavli, Guthorm. Norges festninger fra Fredriksten til Vardøhus. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1987.
Kavli, Guthorm. Norwegian Architecture. Oslo: Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 2001.
Kavli, Guthorm. "How Norway's art treasures survived". Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs / Ed. Benedict Nicolson 87. 1945, 254-257.
Additional Information
Building Address:
Bergenhus Festning, 5003 Bergen, Norway
Significant Dates:
Built between 1247 and 1261
Site of wedding of Prince Magnus Håkonsson Lagabøte to the Danish princess Ingeborg in 1261
Fire damage in 1266.
Lost status as royal residency in 1299.
Captured and burnt by Victual Brothers in 1429.
Hall rebuilt in mid 15th century
Restoration began in 1840
Restoration ends in 1890
Decorated with frescoes in 1910
Supporting Staff/ Designers:
N/A
Tags:
Gothic, Norwegian, Fortress, Bergen, Norway, 13th Century
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