NGA Aarhus 2026 Class notes

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The Latin Quarter

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Notes

Town wall and stream

Volden follows the Aros town rampart toward Graven.LouiseStadsarkiv Fortification from the 900s: south along the stream, north at Graven, west at Volden.StadsarkivSteffen

Graven — outside the rampart; water moat, probably fed from the stream when the defences were extended.LouiseSteffen

The stream (Åen) gave Aarhus its name; water framed as gathering settlements rather than dividing them.Steffen

Borgporten

Borgporten at Store Torv: gate into Aros; two towers appear in Aarhus’s coat of arms — the gate itself is after the viking period.Louise

Sources

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