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The Louis-Philippe room is in Nordland Kultursenter and contains canvas murals painted by Gottfried Ezekiel. The murals were originally in the old vicarage, which was on the same site, and they were preserved when the building was demolished. Bodin vicarage was built in 1750 by Nicolai Christian Friis, who was vicar in the parish at the time. The murals were painted in 1754 and were Ezekiel’s first assignment for Friis. Later he decorated Bodin church and several other churches in Nordland. In 1892 the vicarage was bought by the school of agriculture which was established here. The old buildings, however, were considered unsuitable and were demolished. The paintings from the wall and ceiling of one of the rooms were preserved after demolition and placed in the new school. The motifs depict scenes of wild boar and deer hunting in a romanticised landscape with ruins of fortifications and the gentry clothed in European fashion of the times. On the ceiling there are tablets with motifs from the seasons of the year.The room is named after Louis-Philippe of Orleans, who was a guest at the vicarage in the summer of 1795. He was then in exile due to the French Revolution and was travelling extensively. He became King of the French in 1830. The room can only be seen on appointment. Contact information
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