CHePiCC Summer School

45 GROUP 1 The challenges of preventive conservation and discussion of future use regarding the historic warehouses along the Kjøpmannsgata in Trondheim (Norway): consideration of special risks due to ongoing climate change J. E. Afonso Santana, C. Calapiña Arriaga, M. Klinkert, P. Higgins, L. Vergelli [HISTORY] The early Trondheim In Trondheim, the first recorded human activities can be tracked back ca. around 700 AD. In the Year 997, when Olav Trggvason ordered the building of a residence and the church of Klemenskiren, which became later the foundation for Trondheim, there were already docks with warehouses towards the water. Since Norways Geography contains mostly of mountans and fjords Trondheim is, together with Oslo, the only place with a continuous form of lowlands.1 After the battle of Stiklestad in 1030, Christianity was implemented. Paganism was outlawed and new forms of cities which included churches were able to emerge. The first churches and monasteries in Trondheim were also built during that time.2 Figure 1 - Hypothetical Map of early Trondheim3 The rise of trading At the end of the 12th century, more and more different types of buildings were erected; some were used as warehouses others also as homes. Between 1200 and 1400 the population of the city grew steadily. The warehouses played a vital role in the development of the city. Between 1274 and 1276 the King of Norway

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