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The defensive refuge at Borgåsen

Borgåsen

18.06.2018 - 20:23

In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and protection for central parts of the district

Statue of Magnus Erlingsson by the Town Hall in Etne.

Støle

19.05.2018 - 20:53

High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of Studla is derived from studill “support, shelf”. As far back as Viking times Støle has been a chieftain’s farm, a good farm on the plains formed by the moraine masses.

The Sivle farm, Voss

Brekke

19.06.2018 - 17:55

Byrkjehaugen, Voss

Byrkjehaugen

19.06.2018 - 17:50

On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was around 50m across and 5m high, but following the excavation in 1908 and chipping off by both railway and road construction, the cross-section has shrunk to 37m and the height to 4m. All the same, it is an impressive burial monument for the passing traveller to see.

The rock painting “running dog”

Gjøstein

13.03.2018 - 21:23

Knute Nelson (no. 3 from right) at Kvilekvål in 1899.

Kvilekvål

19.06.2018 - 18:03

The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become governor and senator in the US.

Mula

19.06.2018 - 17:51

The home of Sjur Bygd

Myrkdalen

19.06.2018 - 17:55

SJUR BYGD

Olavskrossen

Olavskrossen

19.06.2018 - 17:51

Ole Bull-akademiet

19.06.2018 - 17:55

Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet

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