Image 6205.01.09 by Leslie Garland

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6205.01.09 Swedish coat of arms of 1568 above the entrance to 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 timber bridge fortress bastion citadel defence military architecture building history historic historical drawbridge massive solid impregnable imposing old ancient middle ages medieval stone wall sculpted heraldry lion rampant shield logo crown masonry earth embankment green copper roof verdigris oxide lgpl
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Sweden
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6205.01.09
Upload Date: 2005-07-20 07:25:06
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Swedish coat of arms of 1568 above the entrance to

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 timber bridge fortress bastion citadel defence military architecture building history historic historical drawbridge massive solid impregnable imposing old ancient middle ages medieval stone wall sculpted heraldry lion rampant shield logo crown masonry earth embankment green copper roof verdigris oxide lgpl