Church of the Holy Trinity

Kirke in Akersgata 60, Norway

The Church of the Holy Trinity (Trefoldighetskirken), The, Akersgata 60. Combined cruciform, longitudinal and centralised church with red-brick facades, large central dome with lanternina (small roof construction with windows). It has an octagonal side-tower with a spire and large Gothic-arched window above the main entrance. The church is in the neo-Gothic style, designed by Alexis de Chateauneuf (winning entry in the architectural competition in 1849), with Wilhelm von Hanno as the architect in charge of construction. The church was consecrated in 1858 and was the first parish church in the city since the cathedral church Vår Frelsers kirke (The Church of Our Saviour) was built at the end of the 17th century. It could accommodate 1,200 seated and 800 standing churchgoers, but today the maximum permitted number is 850, with 350 sitting below. The church lies north of the Government Quarter at the Akersgata/Hammersborggata intersection. Originally, the church lay free, high up on Hammersborghøyden, but the large government buildings and the covering over of Arne Garborgs plass, with the so-called Y Block, has lessened its prominent position, even though it still catches the eye well in the cityscape with its copper-cladded dome. With its neo-Gothic brick walls, spire and the large dome with the lanternina on top, it forms a counterpart to all the modern concrete buildings that

Type:
Kirke

Where:
Akersgata 60, Norway

Coordinates:
59.92°N, 10.75°E

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