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swedish frescoes

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​See the map for the location of the churches

​Götene

Götene | A small church in the Anglosaxon style from the 11th century
Götene | Truly magnificent frescoes in the apsis
Götene | The three female saints of Sweden: Helena of Vadstena, het mother Birgitta of Vadstena and Helena
Götene | Mary taking Jesus off the cross
Götene | Figures in dominant bluegray and red colours
Götene | The passion

Härkeberga kyrka

Härkeberga kyrka (1280 - 1310) with its eary gothic triple east window
The beautifully preserved fresco's in this church are exceptional in their colouring with more blue and brown than usual
The wooden vaults have been replaced by brick vaulting in the middle of the 15th C. Around 1480 the paintings were added
St Gregory's mass
The wheel of life, a popular theme in church fresco's
Not sure about the figure onthe left (Goliath?), on the right Abraham is prevented from offering his son Isaac by an angel

Hedared

Skanninge

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Väversunda

Vadstena monastery

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      • Danish frescoes
      • Swedish frescoes
      • Other countries
    • Runes >
      • Runes in Frisia >
        • Frisian runic inscriptions
        • Aspects of Frisian runes
        • The corpus of Frisian runic inscriptions
      • Runes in Denmark
      • Runes in Sweden
    • Viking trading places >
      • Ribe
      • Hedeby
      • Birka
      • Kaupang
      • Dorestad
    • Carel Roorda
    • The Georgian uprising on Texel
    • 1952: Swedish DC-3 shot down by Russia
  • Genealogie
    • beersgeschiedenis
    • Beerskwartierstaat >
      • beersrinzepiet
      • beersjitze
      • beersrinze
      • beerspieter
      • beersrinsegerlofs
      • beersgerlofklazes
      • beersclaasmartens
      • beersmaartenijans
    • palgeschiedenis
    • PalKwartierstaat >
      • palauke
      • paljogchum >
        • devries
      • paljelkewiebes
      • palwiebeoenes
      • paloenejelkes
      • paljelkejohannes
      • paljohannesgerrits
      • palgerritjohannes
  • Foto's
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    • Stad en Dorp
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