Trondheim - a Military Town

The military has left a heavy footprint on the city of Trondheim, its architectue and planning. In 1681, Trondheim was burned to the ground. It was reconstructed as a classical European fortified town. The narrow and winding streets of the Medieval town gave way to the grid street plan, similar to cities like Metz, Strasbourg and Liege on the continent. And the star fortress Kristiansten was constructed on dominant hights to the East. 

This tour is a walk trough the military landscapes at the southern edge of the city center. We begin inside the Archbishop's Palace which was taken over by the crown as part of the Protestant Reformation in 1537 and served as a military command center for centuries to come. We procede to look at the new command center set up on top of Munkegaten and proceed along the riverbank to take a look at a WWII officers mess built by the Germans, bastions and the Naval Shipyard.

Then we proceed westward to look at the Artillery Workshop, the Regimental Residence, Artillery Laboratory, Gun Carriage houses at Sverres gate and continnue to the western walls at Skansen.