Mehamn Village. Webcams Troms

Troms live webcam shows a view of Mehamn Village.

The broadcast allows you to see what is happening on the streets of this small village, as well as enjoy the picturesque views.

Troms, whose webcams are available on the site, is one of the places in the country with ancient monastic buildings.

The most famous is the ancient temple of Trondenes. Works on its preservation were carried out for almost 150 years. Already in 1874 a conservation proposal was put forward, with the first board of the Tromsø Museum. In 1985, the final proposal was ready. In 2011-2012 the area was cleared and the grand opening as a monument took place last year.
In general, there are about 100 large and small ruins of the Middle Ages in Norway. Most of them are the ruins of churches, but there are also the ruins of monastic buildings, castles and fortifications. All these ruins, together with archaeological cultural remains in and around the ground, are automatically protected by the state.

The first monasteries in the country and, in particular, in Tromso were founded at the end of the 11th century.

At the first stage, buildings were most often built of wood. At the same time, in the XI-XIII centuries. the central monastic squares were often built of stone. The monastic buildings were the first large monumental stone buildings in this country. Architecture, ornamentation and sculpture had features of European impulses.
In the XV century. several monastic institutions were closed, and some of the facilities were transferred to new orders. The orders that took responsibility could make changes to the monastic institution. Up until the Reformation, more monastic institutions were closed, partly by fire and partly because the king confiscated them. The remaining monastic institutions were eventually closed as a result of the Reformation and the transition from Catholic to Lutheran doctrine.

Most of the ancient monasteries today have been preserved as ruins, and in many places the remains of monastic structures are completely or partially hidden under the surface of the earth.

Only seven monastic buildings have preserved such large parts that give a confident impression of the design of the entire object. This applies to the monastery at Selje, Lisa, Hovedøya, Tautra, Halsnøy, Utstein and Olavsklosteret in Oslo. Utstein Monastery in Rogaland is the only relatively well-preserved monastery in Norway.