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Style and architecture - Telegrafbygningen and Steen og Strøm 

Prinsens gate 20, Kongens gate 23 

Telegrafbygningen, literally the Telegraph Building, completed in the Baroque Revival style in 1924, stands shoulder to shoulder with the luxurious Art Deco department store  Steen og Strøm, dating back to 1930. 

Photo: Tove Solbakken / Byantikvaren

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Telegrafbygningen - the Telegraph Building

Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / Oslo Museum

Expedition /servicearea ca. 1925 with fresco by Alf Rolfsen (1922).

Photo: Janne Wilberg / Byantikvaren

Facade with ornaments in Sagastyle.

Steen og Strøm

Photo: Karl Harstad / Oslo Museum

Photo from 1935. Steen og Strøm is one of few buildings in Oslo built in Art Deco style.

Photo: Unknown / Unknown

Ground floor, great luxury.

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Next sight on the Style and architecture walking tour is Hovedpostkontoret - the General Post Office.

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Style and architecture - Hovedpostkontoret — the General Post Office 

Hovedpostkontoret is one of Kvadraturen’s landmark buildings. It is a monumental building, erected for a specific purpose. 

 

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Style and architecture - Grand bank buildings 

Old Kvadraturen was full of grand bank buildings. The old Centralbanken in Kirkegata is among the most impressive. 

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Style and architecture - Four architectural styles 

At this intersection between Rådhusgata and Kirkegata, four different architectural stylistic periods come together — four buildings with completely different styles, very typical of Kvadraturen. 

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Style and architecture - Bankplassen

Three bank buildings from three different architectural periods surround a square with continental flair. 

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