Posebyen is a neighbourhood in the city of

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county,

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. Posebyen is located in the downtown borough of Kvadraturen, along the western shore of the river

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. It consists mostly of large, white, wooden houses, many of which were left intact after the big city fire in 1892. Therefore, it forms the largest continuous collection of old wooden houses in any city in

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. The Kvadraturen skolesenter high school and the Tordenskjoldsgate elementary school are both located in the neighbourhood. The streets Tollbodgata, Rådhusgata, Gyldenløves gate, Skippergata, Henrik Wergelands gate, Kristian IVs gate, and Tordenskjolds gate are the streets that cross Posebyen west and east, while the streets Kirkegate, Holbergs gate, Kronprinsens gate and Elvegata cross from north to south. Posebyen is located north of

Tangen Tangen is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located near the shores of the large lake Mjøsa, about south of the village of Stangebyen. The small village of Espa lies about to the south of Tangen. The ...

, east of Gyldengården, and includes part of what is called

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Posebyen.png, Rådhusgata with

Kristiansand Cathedral Kristiansand Cathedral () is a cathedral of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Kvadraturen (Kristiansand), Kvadraturen area in the central part of the Kristiansand (town), city of Kristi ...

in the background Posebyen Gyldenløvesgate.JPG, Gyldenløves gate Krsand chr iv gt 65 IMG 2284.JPG, Christian IV's gate

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{{Reflist Geography of Kristiansand