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The Conqueror of Normandy
Rollo (Ganger Rolf)
Monument to Rollo
A gift from Normandy, France to Aalesund, Norway in 1911
on the 1,000-year
anniversary of the conquest of 911.
  
Norwegian,
French and English markers on the monument.
Inscription on English
plaque reads:
Ganger
Rolf, ancestor of William the Conqueror.
The monument was
presented by the town of
Rouen on the occasion of the
millennium-festival
commemorating the Conquest of
Normandy.
Leader of the Vikings at
the conquest was
Ganger Rolf, who was
supposed to have been born
in the historic island of Giske by Aalesund.
 
Another gift from Rouen, Normandy in 1988 on the occasion of Aalesund’s 150-year anniversary.
Map of Aalesund, Norway
  
Picturesque
vista from atop the mountain overlooking Aalesund.
The island of Giske is off to the far right.
 
Stormy outer harbor
 
 
Peaceful inner harbor
The original wooden town
burnt down in January 1904 and was subsequently rebuilt
from 1904 to 1907 with stone in Art-Nouveau architecture. Many of the
town’s residences were saved from the harsh winter
when Kaiser Wilhelm, the German Emperor, sent ships with supplies to last
the winter. He also paid for much of the reconstruction.
Norway’s
Coastal Liner (Hurtigruten) from Bergen to
Nordkapp.
Link to Kjetil’s Ålesund page with live cam over the city
Link to Ålesund Tourist
information
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