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6-682: Kongsvoll Alpine Garden ( Kongsvoll fjellhage ) is a small botanical garden for alpine plants situated at Kongsvold Fjeldstue , 890 masl at Dovrefjell in Central Norway . Most of the plants are local to Dovrefjell and adjacent mountain ranges in Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal . The garden is administered by the NTNU University Museum . It is the only alpine botanical garden in Scandinavia . Apart from local flora,

12-684: The Drivdalen valley in the municipality of Oppdal in Trøndelag county, Norway . The original inn dated to the 12th century. The oldest buildings of the present mountain lodge date from the 18th century. Nearby is found the Kongsvoll Alpine Garden of NTNU . Kongsvold Fjeldstue is located along the Pilgrim´s Route ( Pilegrimsleden ) and Old Kings' Road ( Kongeveien ) between the cities of Oslo and Trondheim . During his reign, King Eystein I of Norway ordered

18-614: The construction of mountain stations ( fjellstue ) along the route that pilgrims followed in visiting the shrine of St. Olav in Trondheim. These stations, including Kongsvoll, were inns where pilgrims crossing the mountain passes could find food and shelter. This one was built along the Driva river in Oppdal . The oldest buildings presently at the site date from 1720. The original inn was located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from where

24-520: The garden also displays the most common vascular plants from mountain ranges in central and southern Norway. It contains about 300 species of vascular plants, and in addition a number of mosses and lichens . The garden was created in 1992 by Simen Bretten, manager of the Kongsvoll Biolocial Station. It replaces an older garden established in 1924 by the botanist Thekla Resvoll at the then Kongsvoll Station . The older garden

30-559: The lodge is now located. In 1701, a landslide damaged the inn. This resulted in a decision to move Kongsvold to the current location. In 1712, construction of the new Kongsvold lodge was started, but during the Great Northern War , Kongsvold and the other mountain lodges in the Dovre Region were burned. Reconstruction of the lodge began in 1720. During the period 1979 – 1990, there was major restoration work completed on

36-413: Was originally administered by University of Oslo until 1975, and later by NTNU. This Norway -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kongsvoll 62°18′11″N 09°36′21″E  /  62.30306°N 9.60583°E  / 62.30306; 9.60583 Kongsvoll ( Kongsvold Fjeldstue ) is a historic mountain lodge built on the site of a former inn located in

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