A sculpture park is currently being erected in Flolid in Gulen in order to commemorate the fact that the Gulating legislative assembly met regularly on the shores of the Gula Fjord for a period of five hundred years. From the year 1300 the assembly was moved to Bergen. This was where important political issues were discussed and decisions were made. The members of the assembly represented the farmers of Western Norway, and the Gulating is thus related to the representative institutions of today such as the municipal council and the Norwegian Parliament, Storting. The old assembly was also used as a law court for both civil and criminal cases. The Norwegian sculptor Bård Breivik is responsible for the artistic elements. The park is a work of art in its own right that will be used as the setting for outdoor dance and musical performances in beautiful and unique natural surroundings. On the weekend of 26-28 August 2005 Gulating will open with a series of events to celebrate the thousand-year anniversary of Sogn & Fjordane.
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