Stortorvet - Oslo, Norway
N 59° 54.765 E 010° 44.728
32V E 597607 N 6642981
Stortorvet is a large square in the center of Oslo, Norway. The square is now home to a large flower market.
Waymark Code: WMPDV4
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 08/14/2015
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"Stortorvet ('The Grand Plaza') is a square in Oslo, Norway, located west of Oslo Cathedral.
It was officially inaugurated during the autarchic times, in 1736. A town market was held here until 1889. Marketing still exists, but has largely been moved to Youngstorget. The building that houses the restaurant Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri is a Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site.
The square became an important hub for public transportation with the introduction of the tramway. A balloon loop for the Ekeberg Line was located here until the 1960s. Stortorvet is still served by a station on the Oslo Tramway—Stortorvet—as well as buses.
The so-called Battle of the Square took place here in 1829."
--Wikipedia (
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Even more information about the square is available in the Norwegian Wikipedia (provided in English below using Google Translate):
"Stortorvet or Stortorget (1-13, 2-8) is a square in the center of Oslo. In 1736 took over the city's central square after Christiania medieval squares and it has since then been an important part of the public space in Oslo. It has served as a meeting place and socialization for the people, as a trading and transport hub. When veiavstander to Oslo shown on road signs, the distance is measured to the Main Market. Square is Oslo flowers square, and is represented in the Norwegian edition of Monopoly.
Art
There are three pieces of art at the square. The oldest is the statue of King Christian IV in which the king is pointing with his right hand: "Here lie the city!". The statue was made ??by sculptor Carl Ludwig Jacobsen and cast in bronze with base carved in granite from Grefsen. It was unveiled on 28 September 1880. In the newspapers and the unveiling was the criticism that a "Danish king" got his statue set up in the city.
Diagonally opposite the cathedral stands a fountain where Skule Vaksvik "Pet Fountain" is located. The sculpture has two chickens and a rooster on top. It is 1955 in bronze and are financed by Christiania Bank and the Society for Oslo Byes Well.
The latest addition in the form of art is a water art - "Water in stone" - performed in red granite as a large pool. The work is by Anne-Marie Backer Mohr and Bjart Mohr, was the result of a national art competition held in 1985. The sculpture is financed by funds and grants from the City of Oslo."
--English Translation of Norwegian Wikipedia (
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