St.Olav water source at Hadrian's Plass
Hadrian's Plass is named after Pope Hadrian IV - who is perhaps better known as Nicolaus Brekespeare. He established, as the Pope's representative, the archbishopric of Nidaros. A monument has been erected to his memory, and here Olavskilden lies hidden.
According to legend, the Viking king Olav Haraldsson fell in the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. The legend says that his body was transported to Nidaros and buried by the riverbank. The following year, his body was exhumed and he was declared a saint. A spring was said to have sprung up from the place where the coffin had been buried. The spring, that supposedly have healing powers, became a pilgrim destination of great importance in the centuries that followed.

Foto: Nasjonalt Pilegrimssenter, Andreas Winther