Luro
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Luro or Lygra is an island in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island sits in the Lurefjorden which cuts into the Lindås peninsula. There is one road on the island that continues over a short bridge onto the mainland. The bridge was built in 1972. The island has been the site of Lygra Church since the Middle Ages. There are Viking Age tombstones that are still standing on the island. The Heathland Centre is located on Lygra. It is an information centre about the cultural landscape in this coastal area. There are nearly of heathland that are managed in traditional ways by loca
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Vinony's link graph records 12 inbound references to Luro, and connects out to Norway, island and Middle Ages.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Alver Municipality and Islands of Vestland.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Alver Municipality
- Area
- 2.5
- Elevation
- 52
- Image
- Norway - Lygra vest.png
- Width
- 680
- Length
- 4
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- Lygra
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Encyclopedic overview
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Luro or Lygra is an island in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island sits in the Lurefjorden which cuts into the Lindås peninsula. There is one road on the island that continues over a short bridge onto the mainland. The bridge was built in 1972. The island has been the site of Lygra Church since the Middle Ages. There are Viking Age tombstones that are still standing on the island. The Heathland Centre is located on Lygra. It is an information centre about the cultural landscape in this coastal area. There are nearly of heathland that are managed in traditional ways by local farmers.
==Media gallery==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations