Editing Trondheim (section)

=== Nidaros Cathedral ===
The [[Nidaros Cathedral]] and the Archbishop's Palace are located side by side in the middle of the city centre. The cathedral, built from 1070 on, is the most important [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] monument in Norway and was Northern Europe's most important Christian [[pilgrimage]] site during the Middle Ages,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pilgrim ways in Norway, background |url=http://www.trondheim.com/content.ap?thisId=5510350 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823122445/http://www.trondheim.com/content.ap?thisId=5510350 |archive-date=23 August 2007 |access-date=4 August 2007 |publisher=Trondheim kommune}}</ref> with pilgrimage routes leading to it from [[Oslo]] in southern Norway and from the [[Jämtland]] and [[Värmland]] regions of Sweden. Today, it is the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world, and the second-largest in [[Scandinavia]].
[[File:Nidaros cathedral front.jpg|thumb|West front of [[Nidaros Cathedral]]]]
During the Middle Ages, and again after independence was restored in 1814, the Nidaros Cathedral was the [[coronation]] church of the Norwegian kings. [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII]] was the last monarch to be crowned there, in 1906. Starting with [[Olav V of Norway|King Olav V]] in 1957, coronation was replaced by [[consecration]]. In 1991, the present [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]] and [[Queen Sonja of Norway|Queen Sonja]] were consecrated in the cathedral.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The consecration of King Harald and Queen Sonja |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/c27283/artikkel/vis.html?tid=28740 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192757/http://www.kongehuset.no/c27283/artikkel/vis.html?tid=28740 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=3 August 2007 |publisher=The Norwegian Royal Family}}</ref> On 24 May 2002, their daughter [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway|Princess Märtha Louise]] married the writer [[Ari Behn]] in the cathedral.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The wedding of Princess Märtha Louise |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/c28617/artikkel/vis.html?tid=28747 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043348/http://www.kongehuset.no/c28617/artikkel/vis.html?tid=28747 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |access-date=3 August 2007 |publisher=The Norwegian Royal Family}}</ref>

The [[Pilgrim's Route]] (''Pilegrimsleden'') to the site of Saint Olufs's tomb at [[Nidaros]] Cathedral, has recently been re-instated. Also known as St. Olav's Way, (''Sankt Olavs vei''), the main route, which is approximately {{convert|640|km}} long, starts in [[Oslo]] and heads North, along Lake [[Mjøsa]], up the valley [[Gudbrandsdalen]], over the mountain range [[Dovrefjell]] and down the [[Oppdal Municipality|Oppdal]] valley to end at [[Nidaros Cathedral]] in Trondheim. There is a Pilgrim's Office in Oslo which gives advice to pilgrims and a Pilgrim Centre in Trondheim, under the [[aegis]] of the cathedral, which awards certificates to successful [[pilgrims]] upon the completion of their journey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pilegrimsleden (Miljøstatus i Norge) |url=http://www.miljostatus.no/Tema/Kulturminner/Kulturmiljoer/Pilegrimsleden/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317032509/http://www.miljostatus.no/Tema/Kulturminner/Kulturmiljoer/Pilegrimsleden/ |archive-date=17 March 2009 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Raju |first=Alison |title=The Pilgrim Road to Nidaros: St Olav's Way – Oslo to Trondheim |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-85284-314-4}}</ref>