Vigeland Sculpture Park Gate, Oslo, Norway
Posted by: ToRo61
N 59° 55.486 E 010° 42.455
32V E 595454 N 6644264
The Main Gate to Vigeland Sculpture Park
Waymark Code: WMEVD6
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 07/09/2012
Views: 32
The Main Gate to Vigeland Sculpture Park is forged of granite and wrought iron and serve as an entrance to Frogner Park itself. The monumental Main Gate marks the entrance on Kirkeveien in the east to the 850-meter-long axis that leads through the Bridge to the Fountain, the Monolith, which ends in the Wheel of Life in the west of the park. It consists of five large gates, two small pedestrian gates and two copper-roofed gate houses, both adorned with weather vanes. The Main Gate was designed in 1926, redesigned in the 1930s and erected in 1942. It was financed by a Norwegian bank.
Location of this 'Gate': On public property
Type of material: Iron
Enter any comments or observation about this gate.: exceptional gate, exceptional park
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