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![Elias Fiigenschoug’s painting of Halsnøy monastery , 1656](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_192-1.jpg?itok=9VO9I-NR)
Halsnøy Monastery
Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the island. Gently sloping fields lead down to the sea on both sides, in the south towards the Kloster Fjord, to the north towards the sheltered Klostervågen.
![Kvinnherad Church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_198_x.jpg?itok=yh2bEzjf)
Kvinnherad Church
The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of being present in a historic landscape as you come around Nes and face the well-kept houses at the Skåla farm. The church at Skåla is one of four “fjordungskirker” (one of four main district churches) and this farm was the centre of this coastal administration district.
![Blood-red geranium](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_24.jpg?itok=b63Z_duB)
![Domkirken](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_256_domkirken_150.jpg?itok=kfZkGtiZ)
![Fantoft stave church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_267_fantoft_150.jpg?itok=hZdUT-Rm)
![Korskirken](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/korskirken.jpg?itok=LK8XAlZN)
![The interior of Mariakirken, Bergen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_256.1.jpg?itok=dmJ7QmNt)
Mariakirken
Apart from the king’s estate at Holmen, Håkonshallen and the lower floors of the Rosenkrantz tower, the three parish churches in the centre of Bergen are what have been preserved from medieval Bergen: Mariakirken, Korskirken and Olavskirken (the cathedral). The Romanesque base of the tower from Nonneseter monastery church on the spit between the two Lundegård lakes can still be seen in the landscape, while the other medieval buildings now lie in ruins: the town’s oldest town hall and wine cellar at Nikolaikirkealmenning, Lavranskirken and Maria Gildeskåle between Mariakirken and Bryggens Museum and the Katarina hospital on the north side of Dreggsalmenningen.
![Old pine forest (Bjørn Moe)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/berg_31_0.jpg?itok=MQkkp4J8)
![Part of the Yddal nature preserve seen from the air.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fusa_17.jpg?itok=zg9HUkfS)
Yddal
Yddal is one of the biggest and finest pine forest areas in the county. The rich forest resources provided an important foundation for the settlement of Yddal. Up until about the 1950s, there were three farms here. Where the lumberjacks couldn't get to, the trees grew very big and can be over 300 years old.