Show J J ta relics of heathen times finds in gotway a delight to the Ar archell cheol ogist sites of temples dedicated to idol atry are known some Noted Spots special correspondence HE kingdom of norway 13 presents resents a rich field V for archeological re search and hardly a day passes but some discovery Is made of objects especially from the iron age and the new iron or viking age N more rarely from the ages of stone and bronze the latter of somewhat brief duration in nor way the work of obliterating idolatry in norway at the introduction of christianity by king olav and king olav haraldson the holy st olav was done so thoroughly that none of the heathen temples called hov and idols were left but in numerous instances the sites of the hov are known and they survive in the names of places tradition and the sagas also furnishing corr tive evidence thus a temple to the heathen at naro gave its name to the famous valley of meaning s dale or valley in the district of saga at Thors nor near aalholm there was a temple to thor and the numerous places called hovland on a stad balstad and froland suggest the existence of a heathen hov in the re mote past dedicated to odin balder and aroya the dragon ornaments ol 01 the hov were cunningly introduced into the earliest wooden church arch jecture the so called stave kirker which were very frequently erected on the sites of the demolished hov whither the people had been accas tomed to repair tor for worship during the pieced ng ages among the remnants from the remote past must be mentioned the numerous barrows or tumuli popular ly called giant mounds or grave hills circular or elliptical the largest sometimes concealing a viking ship bauta stene or monuments lesem bling obelisks with or without runic inscriptions or ar range Tange ments of 0 stones sometimes in the shape of a ship sometimes an ar ray of monuments or rude sculpture chiseled on the face of smooth rocks representing e Dom kirke naval battles or men inen plowing the field and in many places along the coast can still be seen the ruins of ship sheds and boathouses where the leaking aea king preserved his dearest treas ure the viking ship with its dragon shaped prow to the heathen period also belongs the buildings of the byg deborger or mountain strongholds not a few of which still exist at strategic points on the coast as well as in the interior of monuments from the christian era about twenty five OL ot of a grand total of about stave churches still exist with the more or less ex ruins of stone churches such as the beautiful arches of the hamar cathedral in eastern norway anil and ol 01 monasteries as at selja a small i lland iland land in the district of nordfjord Nord fiord flord the cathedral Is famous all over the world the cathedral of bergen and ste marys church in that city are also from the medieval ages and so is the beautiful cathe dral of stavanger Sta vanger dedicated to st swithin of secular edifices from the middle ages the most famous are king haakons ball hall and the rosen cranz tower at bergen and the time honored Aggers hus castle at chris the cathedral schools of norway are venerable institutions As aduca lional establishments they belong to the oldest in europe and only in italy schools of perceptibly greater age are met with thus the ca thedral school was mentioned tor for the first time in the year 1217 and that at Chrls in 1248 by way of comparison it may be stated that the ancient theological college in the uni hersity of pans paris the sorbonne was re crded A D 1202 the university college of oxford was established in 1249 and Peter house college at cam bridge dates from 1257 the oldest existing educational establishment in england corresponding to the cathe dral schools of norway is winchester college founded in 1371 harrow rugby eaton and westminster all date from the sixteenth century bergen bergens s cathedral school popular ly called the latin school is believed to have been founded in the year 1152 ahen the chapters were established by N chelaus breakspeare afterward pope hadrian IV from 1154 to 1159 in connection with the cathedral of bergen of that date the great christ church of bergenhas Berg enhus castle in 1530 the danish governor of the province of bergen eske bilde surnamed the church breaker for military rea T C 31 4 it let i W Y X el 1 ka 1011 10 11 57 1 Z 2 nm 41 hta A BANDAK KANAL TELE MARKEN sons razed to the ground all the eccle sias edifices within the fortress the great christ church on account of its proximity to king haalon haakons s hall and the cathedral school vias transferred to the city proper while st olav s church at the head of the bay an old conventional church be came the cathedral of bergen which dignity it has held for about tour four cen in 1840 the remnants of an extensive franciscan convent then used as a bishop bishops s palace were ablit aerated and on its site was erected a handsome brick building in which the time honored school has since been established the cathedral school of bergen has recently undergone great changes the instruction in classical languages having been abridged and the mary school of one year classes abol dished it Is conducted on the cation plan the total number of scholars at present 1 Is about the cathedral school of bergen though receiving some support from the mu mcl nici Is a state institution |