Sweden > 6209.01.04
© Leslie Garland Pictures
Photographer: | Leslie Garland | |||
Collection: | Sweden | |||
Filename: | 6209.01.04 |
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Upload Date: | 2005-07-26 15:59:13 | |||
Photo Size: | 11mb 4748x3672 pixels | |||
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Caption: | 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 |