Towers
Vienna, or Wien, capital of Austria is a beautiful city. Unfortunately I cannot remember the name of this church.
Vienna (Wien), Austria
Lilla Slagarp Kyrka
Lilla Slagarp Kyrka
St. Nicolai Church Tower, Simrishamn, Sweden
Bell Tower, Västra Vemmerlöv Church, Sweden
Eastern panoramic view as seen from the tower of Kyrkoköpinge Church, Trelleborg, Sweden
East of the church tower
Glass Angel
Quoted from www.frualstad.com:
Fru Alstad is a small village in the southern most part of Sweden (Scania). The village is situated about 15 kilometres north of Trelleborg between Malmoe and Ystad. Today (2001) Fru Alstad, Domme and Aamossen have about 170 inhabitants but here have been as much as 870, about the year 1865.
The name Fru Alstad (Fru=Mrs., Al=Alder tree, Stad=city or place) is thought to come from the time when Scania was Danish and the church was consecrated to the Virgin Mary, like Notre Dame in Paris. In Danish the Virgin Mary is called Vaar Frue (= “our Mrs.” or “our wife”) The village has a long history, in pagan days here was and still is a sacrificial spring (sw. Offerkaella) and in the 14th century is the first record of a village here, called Alestaedhae Oestrae (= East Alstad, there is a west Alstad too). The late medieval church is from the 15th century and has a christening font that is from the 12th century. In the middle of the village there is a street well which used to supply parts of the village with fresh water.
Fru Alstad kyrka
Heaven: Behind the scenes
14th century ceiling paintings
St. Nicolai Church, Trelleborg , Sweden
Confirmation
Östra Grevie Kyrka
10th century church and one of the few in the region with a cylindrical shaped tower.
Hammarlöv Church
Varnhem is the location of the oldest known stone church in Sweden outside of my native Scania, erected in the 1040s at the latest. It is also the location of a Christian cemetary which was in use during the end of the ninth century.
The Cistercian Order established Varnhem Abbey around 1150, not far from the old church. A new abbey church was erected to replace the older church; the abbey church is still in use.
Varnhema and in particular its abbey has received additional attention in recent years due to it being the main location of The Knight Templar trilogy written by Jan Guillou, and subsequently filmed. Arn Magnusson, the hero character of the series is portrayed as living there.
Birger jarl and his family lie buried in Varnhem.
[Quoted from Wikipedia]
As it happens, my best friend lives very close to this church.
Varnhem
Varnhem surroundings, Västergötland (Westrogothia), Sweden
The Church of Saint Peter , or St. Petri Kyrka. Construction began in 1319
and its 105 metre tower is a well known landmark in Malmö, Sweden.
Church of Saint Peter, St. Perti Kyrka, Malmö , Sweden
Old tree by the church
Cat by the medieval gravestones
The Church itself was rebuilt in the 19th century..
Ornaments
Church Window
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