Sweden > 6205.01.03
© Leslie Garland Pictures
Photographer: | Leslie Garland | |||
Collection: | Sweden | |||
Filename: | 6205.01.03 |
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Upload Date: | 2005-07-20 07:24:48 | |||
Photo Size: | 9.2mb 4748x3676 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Kalmar Slott Kalmar Län Småland Sweden |
Keywords: | By 12 th century Kalmar keep on it s own island was part of a defensive system which because Blekinge and Skåne to the south were at that time part of Denmark had great strategic importance Gustav Vasa captured it in 1525 and he and is sons rebuilt it with Renaissance decoration It is now Sweden s best preserved Renaissance castle Swedish Skane Smaland moat timber bridge fortress bastion citadel defence military building architecture history historic historical ramparts bastions gun emplacement drawbridge massive solid impregnable imposing old ancient middle ages medieval stone wall masonry high tower earth embankment green copper roof verdigris oxide lgpl |