Holy Cross Church, Oslo

The Holy Cross Church was a small medieval parish church for the northern part of the of , . The ruin was rediscovered in 1922 and is now a part of containing the ruins of the church and the larger St. Hallvard's Cathedral.
Wikipedia
Photo: Helge Høifødt, Public domain.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: church building in Oslo, Norway
  • Also known as: “Church of the Cross” and “Holy Cross Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Minneparken and Oslo Ladegård.

Park
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is situated in adjacent to Oslo torg at Gamlebyen in , Norway. The park is bounded by St. Hallvards plass and Oslo gate in the west, Bispegata in the south, St.

Museum
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is a manor house situated at Gamlebyen in , Norway. It was built of the site of the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo. The current building was erected in 1725 by Karen Toller. is situated 140 metres southwest of Holy Cross Church, Oslo.

Museum
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, marketed as MUNCH since 2020, is an art museum in , Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. is situated 1 km west of Holy Cross Church, Oslo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Galgeberg.

Suburb
The of Oslo is a neighbourhood in the inner city of , , belonging to the borough of and is the oldest urban area within the current capital.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the borough of in , . The neighbourhood lies near , and . The name stems from the gallows present at the location in earlier times.

Neighborhood
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The is a section of the portion of the Fjord City redevelopment on former dock and industrial land in central . It consists of a row of new multi-purpose high-rise buildings, that was completed in 2016.

Holy Cross Church, Oslo

Latitude
59.90703° or 59° 54′ 25″ north
Longitude
10.76952° or 10° 46′ 10″ east
Open location code
9FFGWQ49+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 262320927
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q11981865
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Holy Cross Church, Oslo” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Korskirken”
  • German: “Korskirken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Korskirken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krosskyrkja i Oslo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krosskyrkja”
  • Norwegian: “Korskirken”
  • Swedish: “Korskirken, Oslo”
  • Swedish: “Korskirken”

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Highlights include Olavsklosteret and Bispegården, Oslo.

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