The Petter Dass Museum in Alstahaug, Norway is a museum dedicated to the priest and poet Petter Dass. The museum was established in 1966 and is a division of the Helgeland Museum. In 1999, Alstahaug was selected as the millennium site for Nordland county, and the museum played a central role in this.
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Alstahaug Church
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We stumbled across this place while driving the Kystricksveien. As we are British atheists we skipped the museum as the religious poetry would probably be wasted on us. However, I was blown away with how they had carved out the granite to fit the museum in between. The stone is just stunning and it's amazing to think of the work involved to do this. The grounds were also very pleasant with a walk to the lake, church, cemetery, grass roofed buildings and picnic benches.
The cafe was also great, with a nice view of the water and good selection of cakes, that the staff helpfully talked us through. The lunch menu also...
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I am very happy each time I come here where my great great grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousin rest in peace. The fact it's where the Poet Peter Daas was a Priest does not matter to me one bit. It's very serene, and beautiful right on the...
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No puedo describir el museo ya que se limitan al idioma noruego e inglés, los cuales no controlo. Si expresaré mi opinión magnífica sobre la iglesia. Construida en sus inicios en piedra de pomez local tallada, muy reformada, pertenece a las iglesias católicas del s. XII-XIII. Lo llamativo y excepcional es el globo sobres su torre que algunos denominan cebolla. El entorno es precioso, un agradable sendero conduce al mar. En sus inmediaciones el cementerio, el museo con sus complementos y una amplia zona recreativa. Llama la atención, el corte de la roca junto a las escaleras qué discurren hasta el monolito, con unas vistas de las bahías...
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