1838 print BERGEN IN 17TH CENTURY, NORWAY (#6)

Description: Norwege_06 1838 print BERGEN IN 17TH CENTURY, NORWAY (#6) Print from steel engraving titled Bergen au 17e siecle, published in a volume of L'Univers, Paris, approx. page size 22 x 13.5 cm, approx. image size 14 x 9 cm, nice hand coloring. Bergen city, port, and seat of Hordaland fylke (county), southwestern Norway. The principal port and business section is on a peninsula projecting into By Fjord, bounded on the north by the inlet and harbour of Vagen (for small ships) and on the south by Pudde Bay (for larger vessels) and the Store Lungegards Lake. Originally called Bjorgvin, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olaf III. About 1100 a castle was built on the northern edge of the Vagen harbour, and Bergen became commercially and politically important; it was Norway's capital in the 12th and 13th centuries. An episcopal see was established there in the 12th century. A trade centre for centuries, Bergen exported fish and furs and imported grain and manufactured goods. In the 14th century, German Hanseatic merchants acquired control over the city's trade; their influence in a weakened Norway lasted into the 18th century. Bergen has remained the most important port on the west coast of Norway, despite its repeated destruction by fire (most notably in 1702 and 1916); wider streets and buildings of brick and stone have been built in response to these disasters. In modern times, Bergen has developed a diversified economy, based largely on fishing, shipbuilding and associated industries (repairing and equipment), machinery and metal products, and food processing. It is now the second largest city of Norway. Notable buildings are the 12th-century Mary Church, the city's oldest structure; Bergenhus fortress, including Hakonshallen (Haakon's Hall, built in the 13th century); and the Rosenkrantz Tower. The latter two buildings were severely damaged during the German occupation (1940–45). Bergen is the seat of a university (1946) as well as of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (1936). Its Western Norway Museum of Applied Art (1887) has a fine collection. Bergen was the birthplace of Edvard Grieg, the composer; Ole Bull, the violinist; Johan Christian Dahl, the landscape painter; and Ludvig Holberg, the dramatist. Pop. (1991 est.) mun., 213,356.

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