Posebyen is a neighbourhood in the city of

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county,

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. Posebyen is located in the downtown borough of Kvadraturen, along the western shore of the river Otra. It consists mostly of large, white, wooden houses, many of which were left intact after the big city fire in 1892. Therefore, it forms the largest continuous collection of old wooden houses in any city in

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. The

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high school and the Tordenskjoldsgate elementary school are both located in the neighbourhood. The streets

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, Rådhusgata, Gyldenløves gate, Skippergata, Henrik Wergelands gate, Kristian IVs gate, and Tordenskjolds gate are the streets that cross Posebyen west and east, while the streets Festningsgata, Holbergs gate, Kronprinsens gate and Elvegata cross from north to south. Posebyen is located north of

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, east of Gyldengården, and northeast of Nybyen.

Photos

Posebyen.png, Rådhusgata with

Kristiansand Cathedral Kristiansand Cathedral ( no, Kristiansand domkirke) is a cathedral of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Kvadraturen area in the central part of the city of Kristiansand. It is the ch ...

in the background Posebyen Gyldenløvesgate.JPG, Gyldenløves gate Krsand chr iv gt 65 IMG 2284.JPG, Christian IV's gate

References

{{Reflist Geography of Kristiansand