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Here, as almost everywhere else in Europe, from the middle
of the 12th to the end of the 13th century, architecture passed
through a period of rapid development, which culminated with
the completion of Nidaros Cathedral’s lofty vaultings.

The first great steps in the new direction are apparent in
Hamar Cathedral, founded in 1152 by Nicholas Breakspeare. Its
original plan was partially altered in the Gothic period by the
enlargement of the choir. But from the ruins and old
descriptions, it is possible to reconstruct the plan of a regular basilica
with transepts, centre tower, two large west towers, and probably
originally with a quadrangular termination to the choir. The
arches of the nave are of semicircular form with square recesses
and supported by comparatively slender round columns. In spite
of the fuller development, the east-country tendency still makes
itself felt here in a certain poorness and simplicity in the treatment
of detail.

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St. Mary’s Church.


The scanty ruins of St. Olav’s abbey church at Tønsberg
are the only remains in Norway of the round churches of the

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