Architecture sights in Stockholm
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Maria Magdalena Kyrka
Consecrated in 1643, Södermalm’s oldest church stands on the site of a 14th-century chapel, torn down by serial church trasher Gustav Vasa after the Reformation of 1527. Although fire destroyed much of the current building in 1759, it was faithfully rebuilt, including the transept designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and a beautiful stone entrance portal by Tessin the Younger. Pop inside to see the Adoration of the Shepherds altarpiece painting (dating from around 1800) and the richly rococo-style pulpit. Come at 12.15pm on Thursday for free organ music.
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Tyska Kyrkan
Echoing back to the days of the Hanseatic League, when Stockholm and Germany shared tight trade links, the sublimely beautiful Tyska Kyrkan (German Church) dates from the 1570s, but was enlarged between 1638 and 1642. Highlights include a gilded royal gallery historically used for German members of the royal family, royal pews by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, 119 unique gallery paintings (1660–65) and an astonishing ebony and alabaster pulpit (1660).
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