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Gamle Oslo Gamle Oslo is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The name means "Old Oslo", and the district contains Old Town, Oslo, Old Town. The borough has several landmarks and large parks, including the Edvard Munch Museum, t ...
adjacent to Oslo torg at
Gamlebyen The Old Town of Oslo (, ) is a neighbourhood in the inner city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo and is the oldest urban area within the current capital. This part of the capital of Norway was simply called Oslo until 19 ...
in
Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
, Norway. The park is bounded by St. Hallvards plass and Oslo gate in the west, Bispegata in the south, St. Halvards gate in the southeast, Egedes gate in the east and Arups gate in the north. The 3.4 hectare park contains the excavated ruins of several buildings dating from the
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. Archaeologist Gerhard Fischer (1890–1977), who led an excavation in the 1920s, made a proposal for a memorial park which was approved by the municipality in 1928.


Ruins

* St. Hallvard's Cathedral (''Hallvardskatedralen'') was a Romanesque basilica with central tower and transept which was built in the early 12th century. The church was in use until 1660, and the last remnants of the building were demolished around 1780. Excavations began in 1865, and work continued in 1879. *St. Olav's Monastery (''Olavsklosteret'') was established at the end of the 12th century by the
Dominican order The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Gu ...
. The monastery probably burned in 1536. Excavation was conducted by Gerhard Fischer in the period 1914-26. * Holy Cross Church (''Korskirken'') was small Romanesque stone church. The church floor plan may indicate the 12th century as the time of construction. The church was demolished after the Reformation. Ruins of the church were excavated in 1922.


See also

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Middelalderparken The Medieval Park () is located in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway. The park was opened in the year 2000 at Sørenga in what was once the southern part of the medieval city of Oslo. The park is located within an area which also inclu ...


References

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