Norway

The world's northernmost medieval Gothic cathedral, built over the tomb of Saint Olav from 1070 to around 1300, which served as the most important pilgrimage shrine in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages and the seat of an archdiocese from 1152 or 1153. Now belonging to the Lutheran Church of Norway and continuously restored since 1869, it marks the terminus of the Saint Olav pilgrimage routes.

Bispegata, Midtbyen, Trondheim (bên sông Nidelva)

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The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo rising on the Hammersborg slope at Akersveien 16 above St. Olavs plass, designed in red-brick Gothic Revival style by architects Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno with the patronage of Queen Josephine of Sweden and Norway and consecrated on August 24, 1856, enshrining the medieval arm relic of King Saint Olav Haraldsson and visited by Pope John Paul II in June 1989.

Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo (Dioecesis Osloensis, elevated to a Diocese on June 29, 1953) and Protected Cultural Heritage Monument of the Kingdom of NorwayAkersveien 16 (at the junction with St. Olavs plass), St. Hanshaugen District, 0177 Oslo, Kingdom of Norway

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The historic central synagogue of the Jewish Community of Oslo (Det Mosaiske Trossamfund, founded in 1892) situated at Bergstien 13 on the slopes of St. Hanshaugen, designed by architect Herman Herzog and consecrated on May 21, 1920 with a distinctive onion-domed turret topped by a gilded Star of David, a two-story sanctuary, and sacred Torah scrolls that survived the Nazi occupation of Norway during World War II.

Central Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Oslo (Det Mosaiske Trossamfund, DMT) and Protected Cultural and Architectural Heritage Monument of the Kingdom of NorwayBergstien 13 to 15, St. Hanshaugen District, 0172 Oslo, Kingdom of Norway

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The oldest surviving stave church in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, standing on the scenic Ornes promontory overlooking the Lustrafjorden branch of the Sognefjord, constructed around 1130 to 1131 from Scots pine timber while incorporating the world-famous carved North Portal and gable planks from an earlier 1070 church that gave its name to the late Viking Age Urnes Style.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed in 1979, Ref. 58) and National Cultural Heritage Monument owned and preserved by the Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments (Fortidsminneforeningen) since 1881Ornes Peninsula on the shores of the Lustrafjorden (inner arm of the Sognefjord), 6870 Ornes, Luster Municipality, Vestland County, Kingdom of Norway

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Ngôi nhà thờ cột gỗ thời trung cổ được bảo tồn nguyên bản và hoàn mỹ nhất của Na Uy, dựng từ những thân thông đốn năm 1180 tới 1181 giữa thung lũng núi non hùng vĩ của Laerdal để dâng kính Thánh Tông đồ Anrê, nổi bật với sáu tầng mái lợp ván gỗ phủ hắc ín xếp chồng vươn cao, bốn đầu rồng Viking chạm khắc trên đỉnh nóc, các dòng chữ cổ Runes khắc trên cửa gỗ và tháp chuông gỗ thời trung cổ duy nhất còn sót lại ở Na Uy.

Di tích Văn hóa Quốc gia Bậc Nhất của Vương quốc Na Uy (ngôi nhà thờ cột gỗ thời trung cổ được bảo tồn nguyên bản nhất trong số 28 nhà thờ gỗ còn lại tại Na Uy, thuộc Hội Bảo tồn Di tích Cổ Na Uy từ năm 1877)Hilmevegen 20, beside the historic Vindhellavegen Royal Road in the Laerdal Valley, 6888 Borgund, Laerdal Municipality, Vestland County, Kingdom of Norway

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