| Founded in 1146 Lyse
Kloster was the first Cistercian monastery in Norway with the first
monks being brought from the Fountains Abbey in England. The monastery grew
rich and powerful and was one of the most important property owners in Norway
at the time of the reformation when it became the property of the Danish
King. Over the following centuries a gradual destruction of the buildings
was allowed to take place and stone from Lyse was used in building the Rosenkrantz
Tower in Bergen and the Kronborg Castle in Denmark. We were in good company
as this is the most frequently visited cultural monument at Os. |