Image 6209.01.03 by Leslie Garland

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6209.01.03 Ruins of Borgholm Slott Öland Sweden Keywords: Johan III employed the architect Dominicus Pahr to design a grand new Renaissance palace on the site of the original medieval fortress It was damaged in the Kalmar War and when Karl X Gustav became king he employed Nicodemus Tessin the Elder to restore it but Karl s early death resulted in these plans never being finished Swedish Oland island castle citadel military architecture massive big large tower stone wall bastion fortification defence defensive masonry roofless shell empty building lgpl
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Sweden
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Upload Date: 2005-07-26 15:59:12
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Ruins of Borgholm Slott Öland Sweden
Keywords: Johan III employed the architect Dominicus Pahr to design a grand new Renaissance palace on the site of the original medieval fortress It was damaged in the Kalmar War and when Karl X Gustav became king he employed Nicodemus Tessin the Elder to restore it but Karl s early death resulted in these plans never being finished Swedish Oland island castle citadel military architecture massive big large tower stone wall bastion fortification defence defensive masonry roofless shell empty building lgpl