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In 1171, King Henry II of England set foot in Waterford, making the change of leadership official. The Viking kings of Waterford ruled until 1170, when they were to unseatabsetzenunseated by the Cambro-Normans - that is to say, Anglo- Normans who had settled in the south of Wales after 1066 (“Cambrian” means “Welsh”). What seems to be uncontestedunbestrittenuncontested, though, is the establishment of Waterford as a port for NorseAltnordischNorse seamen. Ireland’s Viking past - like much of Viking history itself - is murkydüster hier: unergründlich, unklarmurky and complex. It’s thought to be named after Ragnall, a Viking king of the settlement, and is home to the city’s Viking treasureSchatz, Kostbarkeittreasures. One of the Triangle highlights is Reginald’s Tower, a 16.5-metre-high, circular Anglo-Norman structure built in the 12th or 13th century on top of a Viking fort.
VIKING CONQUEST DANISH LONGPHORT SERIES
Filming of the series for the History Channel began that same year at Ireland’s own Ashford Studios, an hour south of Dublin.
VIKING CONQUEST DANISH LONGPHORT TV
My early impressions are that it’s money well spent - and not only because of all the publicity connected to the big-budget TV series Vikings, which tells the tale of Ragnar Lothbrok, a fictitious Viking hero.
VIKING CONQUEST DANISH LONGPHORT UPGRADE
In 2012, the Irish government gave Waterford €1.9 million to upgrade the Viking Triangle. So, although Ireland is obviously a great place to visit, is the Viking link anything more than a branding exerciseImage-, Markenkampagnebranding exercise? By the end of the 11th century, the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway had begun to take shape, and the societies that had produced the Vikings were changing in fundamental ways. For 300 years, the Vikings had been a truly international force. The era ended in 1066 with the NormannormannischNorman conquestEroberungconquest of England. By around 840, their longboats had made it inland on the major river systems and the Vikings were able to build bases. The Viking Age began in 790, when the earliest raidÜberfall, Raubzugraids - attacks on coastal Irish monasteryKlostermonasteries, the taking of slaves - are known to have occurred. Yes, Vikings settled here, just as they did in areas of Iceland, Britain, Italy, Turkey and elsewhere. I’m a bit sceptical at first about the idea of “Viking Waterford”. The triangle refers to three sites: Reginald’s Tower, the medievalmittelalterlichMedieval Museum and the Bishop’s Palace. It’s a riverside area that was once surrounded by the original 10th-century Viking-era city walls.
The House of Waterford Crystal lies in the city’s main tourist district, now known as the “Viking Triangle”. They use traditional glass-blowing techniques to make vases and jugKrug, Kannejugs, and then finish them with complex engravingGravur, Gravierungengravings. The crystal connection is not forgotten, however, and visitors to the House of Waterford Crystal can see artisanKunsthandwerker(in)artisans at work from the design stage onward. When the company closed in 2009, it was a big loss not only to the city’s economy, but also to its prestige.
Today, more than 1,000 years later, Waterford is one of Ireland’s best-loved tourist destinations - for good reason.įor more than two centuries, Waterford was world-famous as a centre for the production of high-quality crystal glass. In 914, Vikings from Norway chose this protected spot on the River Suir as an easily defendable settlement site for a longphort, or “ship camp”. Located around 170 kilometres from Dublin and about 24 kilometres from Ireland’s south-east coast, it’s now home to 50,000 people. Thanks to its Viking forefatherVorfahr, Ahnforefathers, Waterford is Ireland’s oldest city. Just the sort of weather you might expect from a place whose name comes from the old Norse for “windy fjord”. It’s not just raining on my arrival in Waterford, it’s also blowing a galeSturmgale for good for good measureobendreinmeasure.
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