A water fountain with a gloved hand pointing to the foundation of Oslo in Norway. In 1624, the Danish-Norwegian King Christian 1V pointed his gloved

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A water fountain with a gloved hand pointing to the foundation of Oslo in Norway. In 1624, the Danish-Norwegian King Christian 1V pointed his gloved finger to this spot and declared, ‘The new town of Oslo will lie here. The water fountain is in the middle of a medieval cobbled stone square surrounded with medieval buildings on Christiania Torv.

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Size: 6048px × 4024px
Location: Oslo, Norway
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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