The Argosy . of thetown is not so pic-turesque and quaintas that of Bergen,yet the neighbourhood of Throndhjem is full of beauty; moreluxuriant and fertile than anything we had yet seen in Norway. Itis situated at the mouth of the Nid, and during the first four cen-turies of its existence was called Nidaros. Throndhjem signifies1 I he Thrones Home. It is here that all the kings are at the union of Sweden with Norway it ceased to be the capital,the seat of Government, and the Royal Residence. So far its gloryhas departed. But they could not remove the cathedral, which remains as a l
The Argosy . of thetown is not so pic-turesque and quaintas that of Bergen,yet the neighbourhood of Throndhjem is full of beauty; moreluxuriant and fertile than anything we had yet seen in Norway. Itis situated at the mouth of the Nid, and during the first four cen-turies of its existence was called Nidaros. Throndhjem signifies1 I he Thrones Home. It is here that all the kings are at the union of Sweden with Norway it ceased to be the capital,the seat of Government, and the Royal Residence. So far its gloryhas departed. But they could not remove the cathedral, which remains as a lastvestige of that ancient glory. It has long been undergoing repair,and will probably remain in this transition state for years to \ e can no longer see it in the beauty of its age, and presently it willappear only in the light of its restoration. We have but to call tomind our own restored cathedrals—such, for instance, as Canterbury—to know how far the one beauty falls short of the other. For if. Lower Fall. About Norway. 57 age destroys, it also gives a charm entirely its own, a beauty beyondall compare, full of romance and refinement, which takes you at onceback to the early ages of the world : days when there were giants inthe land, not of stature, but of intellect: and when there was leisureand opportunity to raise such temples as the world will not see again. Like the town itself, the cathedral has several times suffered byfire. It is now a mixture of different styles of architecture, theNorman being the earliest and most prominent, but more ornamentedthan any to be found in England. On first entering the church, thedifferent periods, Norman, Byzantine, and Gothic, strike the eye atonce with startling effect. At present the interior is so boarded offfor repairs, and so cut up into divisions, that all sense of space andgrandeur is lost. At the first moment you are greatly is only whenyou begin to ex-amine the traceryof some of thework, the noble
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