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House marks
Before literacy was wide spread, the use of house marks was common, resembling runes these marks were often used on houses. These were found on one of the pillars inside a medieval pigrimage church in Scania, near the church is a sacred spring believed to be from the pre-christian, pagan time – thus this has been a site of religious importance for a very long time.
house marks
Torup Castle
Torup Castle
Lilla Slågarp Church
Lilla Slagarp Kyrka
Lilla Slagarp Kyrka
Winter at Trelleborgen
Trelleborgen, Trelleborg, Sweden
Trelleborgen, Trelleborg, Sweden
Trelleborgen, Trelleborg, Sweden
Trelleborgen, Trelleborg, Sweden
The bells, the bells!
Bell Tower, Västra Vemmerlöv Church, Sweden
Kungsbacken (King’s Hill)
On the hill to the left lies the remnants of a 10th century fortress – Possibly the oldest brickfortress in the region.
Kungsbacken (King's Hill)
Hammarlöv Church
10th century church and one of the few in the region with a cylindrical shaped tower.
Hammarlöv Church
Varnhem
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
Knocker
Knocker
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