This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...by Bergslien, erected in 1875. The palace may be seen by application to the custodian, who lives at the south-east corner (fee 1 to 2 kr., according to number of party). There are not very many objects of interest in it to those who have seen some of the other palaces of Europe. The rooms are large and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...by Bergslien, erected in 1875. The palace may be seen by application to the custodian, who lives at the south-east corner (fee 1 to 2 kr., according to number of party). There are not very many objects of interest in it to those who have seen some of the other palaces of Europe. The rooms are large and handsome, and there are some good pictures. Returning from the palace, and turning down Kristian IV.'s Gade, a street which runs parallel to Karl Johans Gade, you have on the left, at the back of the University, the Sculpture Museum and National Gallery % open on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays free, and at other times for small fee. The sculpture is on the ground floor, and the National Gallery on the second floor. It contains, first, Swedish and Danish artists, then Norwegian, including fine examples of Gude, Dahl, Tidemand, Ekersberg, Morten Miiller, &c. The other schools represented are the Italian, German, French, and Dutch. Leaving the National Gallery, and keeping to the left, down Universitetsgaden, you reach St. Olaf's Plads, and keeping to the right, gain Akers Gaden. To the right, down this street, is the large Trefoldighedskirke (Trinity Church), a very large brick building, built in Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1858. It has an altar picture, by Tidemand, of the Baptism of our Lord. Behind the church is an old cemetery, consecrated to receive the bodies of those who died of a plague in 1654. Returning up the Akers Gaden, you pass the Roman Catholic Church of St. Olaf, and further on, in Aker's Veien, reach the Vor Frelsers Gravlund, the largest of the Kristiania cemeteries, containing the remains of many celebrated Norwegians. Just beyond the cemetery is the Gamle Akers Kirke, a church built in the eleventh century, ...
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