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Steilneset Minnested

Memorial site for the witchcraft trials in Finnmark

About Steilneset Minnested

Steilneset memorial site in Vardø was established to commemorate 91 people – most of them women – who were convicted and burned for witchcraft in Finnmark between 1600 and 1692. The memorial was created by architect Peter Zumthor and artist Louise Bourgeois: a 125-meter-long memorial hall with one window and one text for each victim, and a glass pavilion containing Bourgeois's installation of a flaming chair. The texts were written by Liv Helene Willumsen based on the original court records, and the site was opened by Queen Sonja in 2011.

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Steilneset Minnested

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📍Steilneset, 9952 Vardø
📞+47 407 04 510
✉️vardo@varangermuseum.no
🌐www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/no/turistvegene/varanger/steilneset/
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