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Relief showing Frigg, Odin's wife, the goddess of love and destiny, who makes plants and trees promise that they will not harm her son Baldr. Part of a series of 16 beautiful and unique wooden reliefs by Dagfin Werenskiold, depicting...

Paiwan's shaman boxes. Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Taipei, Taiwan.

Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, Taiwan.

Aborigine park display across the street from the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines in Taipei, Taiwan. The stone carvings each represent one of the recognized aboriginal tribes of Taiwan, with an explanatory plaque...

Troldhaugen, Bergen, was built c. 1885 and was the home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) until his death. Since 1928, the house has been a museum dedicated to the life and work of the composer.

The "schøtstue" was a traditional building and assembly room of the Hanseatic merchants in Bergen during the Middle Ages. The picture is of the Jakobsfjorden and Bellgården's Schøtstue, which is part...

Bryggen - "The German Dock", is the Hanseatic quarter in Bergen, Norway. The Hanseatic merchants traded stockfish from northern Norway in Bergen between the 14th and 18th centuries and exported to the Hanseatic towns...

A monument and statue dedicated to St. Sunniva (10th century), the patron saint of the Diocese of Bjørgvin, on the site where the now lost Christ Church would have stood in medieval Bergen. In the background...

St. Mary's Church is Bergen's parish church and the oldest surviving building in the city. The church was constructed between 1130–1170.

Haakon's Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Bergen, and the symbol of the monarchy in the city. The medieval royal residence and banquet hall was built from stone during the 13th century by King Håkon Håkonsson (r.1217-1263...