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Ålesund, Norway: January 30, 2025
Ålesund is a pretty port town on the west coast of Norway burned to the ground in 1904. About 10,000 people lost their homes. In planning their rebuilding, the townspeople decided to go with the Art Nouveau architectural style of that current period. The modern structures outside of the old town are not strictly Art Nouveau in style. There was just one death from the fire which occured when a 70-year old woman went back in to retrieve her sewing machine which was her only s
Cecilia Clark
Mar 9, 20251 min read
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