Munkholmen island description and photos - Norway: Trondheim (Topic)

Munkholmen island description and photos - Norway: Trondheim. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Munkholmen.

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Munkholmen is a small island with a fort that served as an impregnable prison during Danish rule, which arose on the site of Norway's oldest Benedictine monastery, built in honor of St. Lawrence around 1100. After the abandoned monastery turned into a royal pasture, in 1600 a tower fortress was built on the island, fortified with 35 guns, which was used as a prison for political prisoners. The most famous of them was the Danish statesman - Chancellor Peder Schumacher Grieffenfeld, accused of bribery and high treason.

Munkholmen Island can be visited by getting here by boat and admiring its ancient fortress walls from the sea. At night, the fort is illuminated by a searchlight. In summer vacationers come here to swim in clear water under the ancient walls of the fortress. For visitors, amateur theatrical performances are periodically organized here. Thus, the island of Munkholmen turned from a prison into a recreation area.

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