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When it comes to
architecture, Storgata is pretty much destroyed. But there is
a road called Gamleveien (The old Road) with a lot of the old
buildings still there and this road offers a charming walk in
an old town environment. On this road the rumbling
from the Coca-Cola trucks are seldom heard.
A suitable
starting point for finding this cache may be at
N
61º 07.143 E10º
27.907
That should be
around 400 meters away from the cache.
When you find the
cache you will have a good view of a stylish mansion built in 1905.
At that tome it was located just outsoide the Lillehammer city
border ( the border then followed the old road -
Gamleveien.)
The architect was
Hermann Major Backer (1856-1932). He also designed Jønsberg
Landbruksskole, Arbiens gt.1 in Oslo, Backergården in Oslo,
Madserud gård og Holtegaten 20 in Oslo. His son Lars Backer
(1892-1930) was also an architect. His most famous works are
the Skansen restaurant (now gone) and the Ekeberg
restaurant (recently restored), both in n Oslo.
The Mansion
originally sat on a 13000 m² plot, but the third owneres - in the
1930's - started to sell of plots for building of residental
houses. So now the mansion sits on a 2500 m²
plot.
You don't have to
enter private property to find this cache.
Park your car in
Lillehammer centre and walk a part of the old road
(Gamlevegen) to find this cache.
The cache
is a film cannister and only partly visible.
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