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Canons used to guard the city from the fortifications at Skansen |
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At Nidareid, by the narrow isthmus between the river and the fjord, lies Skansen, where the remnants of the city fortifications towards the west can be seen. Today this is a park with a beautiful view of the fjord.
An aerial view of Trondheim, as seen on this map, shows that the Nid river forms a natural moat around the city centre (Midtbyen). In the sagas this was called Nidarneset - the Nidar headland. There is only one access road into the city centre and that is over Nidareid. There have been fortifications here since around 1170, originally a wooden fort with palisades. In the 1640s, fortified walls were added, the remains of which we can still see today. There was a city gate here from the Middle Ages right up until 1858.
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