Uppsala Cathedral - Uppsala, Sweden
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N 59° 51.488 E 017° 37.948
33V E 647435 N 6638542
Church of the Lutheran Church of Sweden and seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala
Waymark Code: WMX0XG
Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Date Posted: 11/10/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member razalas
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Uppsala domkyrka är en katedral i gotisk stil (exteriört huvudsakligen en nygotisk tegelefterbildning av fransk höggotik runt en medeltida stomme). Den är domkyrka i ärkestiftet, församlingskyrka för Uppsala domkyrkoförsamling och rikshelgedom för Svenska kyrkan. Den invigdes slutgiltigt 1435 och hade Sankt Erik, Sankt Lars och Sankt Olof som skyddspatroner.

Kyrkan är tillsammans med Nidarosdomen i Trondheim och Mariakyrkan i Gdansk den största i Östersjöregionen (och störst i Norden; 118,7 meter lång och lika hög i de båda västtornen). Den största av dess klockor, kallad Storan, är med sina 7 360 kg Sveriges största kyrkklocka.

Svenska kyrkan gör uppskattningen att cirka en halv miljon människor besöker Uppsala domkyrka varje år. Bland kyrkoskatterna finns bland annat det förgyllda skrinet med Erik den heliges reliker som står i ett sidokapell nära högaltaret. Även Gustav Vasa, Johan III och deras gemåler, Magnus Stenbock, Emanuel Swedenborg, Carl von Linné och Nathan Söderblom är begravda i Uppsala domkyrka. I norra tornet finns sedan renoveringen på 70-talet ett museum med kyrkliga textilier. Södra portalen har en rik uppsättning stenskulptur från början av 1300-talet och ovanför den finns Sonens fönster, under medeltiden kallat Stora glas, som är Sveriges största kyrkfönster (totalt 119 kvadratmeter).

Domkyrkan är av gammal hävd en av landets kröningskyrkor, och sedan Kristoffer av Bayern som kröntes 1441 kröntes de flesta svenska monarker fram till Ulrika Eleonora 1719 i domkyrkan. Undantaget Karl XII, Drottning Kristina, och Kristian II som alla kröntes i Stockholm.

Källa och ytterligare information: sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppsala_domkyrka

 
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Uppsala Cathedral (Swedish: Uppsala domkyrka) is a cathedral located between the Uppsala University Main Building and the River Fyris in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Lutheran Church of Sweden, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden.

The cathedral dates to the late 13th century and at a height of 118.7 metres (389 ft), it is the tallest church in the Nordic countries. Originally built under Roman Catholicism, it was used for coronations of Swedish monarchs for a lengthy period following the Protestant Reformation. Several of its chapels were converted to house the tombs of Swedish monarchs, including Gustav Vasa and John III. Carl Linnaeus, Olaus Rudbeck, Emanuel Swedenborg, and several archbishops are also buried here.

The church was designed in the French Gothic style by French architects including Étienne de Bonneuil. It is in the form of a cross formed by the nave and transept. Most of the structure was built between 1272 and 1420 but the western end was completed only in the middle of the 15th century. Twin towers were built shortly afterwards on the west end of the church. High spires were added later, but after a fire in 1702, they were adorned with low helms by Carl Hårleman in 1735. They were completely redesigned by Helgo Zetterwall who undertook substantial changes to the building in the 1880s. The cathedral's principal construction material is brick but the pillars and many details are of Gotland limestone.

The vaults were all built according to the original 13th-century plan although some of them were erected as late as around 1440. In addition to the artwork in the funeral chapels, several of the church's older furnishings can be seen in the Treasury Museum. In 1702, many features were destroyed in a major fire. During the renovation work carried out in the 1970s, many of the medieval frescoes which had been whitewashed over after the Reformation were uncovered and restored.

Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppsala_Cathedral

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