Gardar

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administrative center bishopric seat ecclesiastical center historical settlement

Gardar was the principal ecclesiastical and administrative center of the Norse settlements in medieval Greenland, serving as the seat of the bishopric.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center ⓘ
bishopric seat ⓘ
ecclesiastical center ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Gardar ruins ⓘ
associatedWith Norse exploration of the North Atlantic ⓘ
civilization Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Norse Greenland
continent North America ⓘ
coordinateSystem near present-day Igaliku, Greenland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
culturalSphere Norse culture ⓘ
medieval Scandinavian world ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
declinePeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Diocese of Gardar ⓘ
economy pastoral farming ⓘ
trade in walrus ivory ⓘ
floruit 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
foundedBy Norse settlers ⓘ
governance ecclesiastical administration of Greenland ⓘ
secular administration of Norse Greenland ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Gardar
hasChurch cathedral of Gardar ⓘ
hasRole principal administrative center of Norse Greenland ⓘ
principal ecclesiastical center of Norse Greenland ⓘ
historicalRegion Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Norse Eastern Settlement
locatedIn Eastern Settlement ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
modernCountry Greenland ⓘ
partOf Eastern Settlement, Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Norse settlements in Greenland
politicalStatus part of the Norwegian realm ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
seatOf Bishop of Greenland ⓘ
subjectOf archaeological research on Norse Greenland ⓘ
studies of medieval climate and settlement collapse ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf Archdiocese of Nidaros ⓘ
usedLanguage Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
usedScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

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