Cathedral sights in Sweden
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Domkyrka
The Gothic Domkyrka dominates the city, just as some of those buried here, including St Erik, Gustav Vasa and the scientist Carl von Linné, dominated their country.
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Domkyrkan
Home to a spectacular pulpit, the baroque Domkyrkan was designed by Tessin, King Karl X Gustav’s favourite architect. For the low-down, plug into one of the audiophones by the main door.
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Domkyrkan
The elegant Domkyrkan was consecrated in 1815 – the two previous cathedrals having been destroyed by town fires. Although many of the cathedral’s contents are modern, seasoned features include an 18th-century clock and reredos.
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Domkyrka
Made from blocks of handcarved limestone, the enormous Domkyrka was the country’s largest and most expensive church in the Middle Ages. Its foundations were laid around 1250 and its 107m spire and vast interior still impress. Inside sits a vivid 16th-century triptych by Dutchman Marten van Heemskerck.
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Domkyrkan
Looking like an ode to Pippi Longstocking, the bizarre Domkyrkan has been struck by lightning and repeatedly ravaged by fire – the latest renovation was in 1995. Waiting inside is a fine 15th-century altar and a whimsical contemporary sculpture by Erik Höglund. Don’t miss the Viking rune stone in the eastern wall.
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Storkyrkan
One-time venue of royal weddings and coronations, Stockholm’s 700-year-old cathedral is also its oldest parish church. The Gothic-cum- baroque interior includes extravagant royal-box pews designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and the famous Parhelion Painting, a 1630 copy of the earlier original depicting Stockholm during an eerie display of atmospheric optics in 1535. The star attraction, however, is German Berndt Notke’s dramatic Gothic sculpture St George and the Dragon, commissioned by Sten Sture the Elder to commemorate his victory over the Danes in 1471.
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Domkyrkan
Lund’s twin-towered Romanesque cathedral, Domkyrkan, is magnificent. Try to pop in at noon or 3pm (1pm and 3pm on Sunday and holidays) when the marvellous astronomical clock strikes up In Dulci Jubilo and the wooden figures at the top whirr into action. Within the crypt, you’ll find Finn, the mythological giant who helped construct the cathedral, and a 16th-century well carved with comical scenes.
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