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Published: 2012-05-04 18:15:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 782; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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New photos from this place: Alvastra 2012The old Alvastra Abbey, at the foot of Omberg, Östergötland, Sweden. April 2009
Founded in 1143, by french monks, it was the first cistercian abbey in Scandinavia.
It was torn down during the protestant reformation in about 1530. The stones from the abbey has been used in the building of several castles in and close to the area.
Today, there is a modern abbey just a few kilometers from here.
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Intressant! Jag har läst av Alvastra i några historiska romaner. Finska författaren Kaari Utrio har skrivit mycket om skandinavisk historia och hon nämnar också Alvastra kloster i sin produktion, om jag minns inte fel. Jag är också inte religiös, men det skulle vara mycket intressant att besöka de här ruinerna, eftersom dom har en ganska stor historisk betydelse.
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tycker verkligen du ska besöka östergötland, vi har många såna ruiner här 
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Just nu ser jag på olika internetsidor, tågtrafiken och kartor över Östergötland. 
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A real pleasure Ina, you're most welcome!
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Wow.. I cannot wait to see the new piece! This one is wonderful!
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i will post more from that day too, but i too want to see (make) new pictures
thanks dear
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That is what I would love to see as well, your shots from your next visit!! I look forward to them!
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In time. It will be fun then.
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yes, looking forward to it. just wanting for a little more greenery, to make a nice looking surroundings to the picture. so, soon
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That would be beautiful!
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wow.. the ruins of a monastery
that isnt something you expect to hear, is it?
it doesnt seem right to ruin a monastery..
very nice shot
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well, many hundreds of monasteries were torned down during the reformation all across europe, it's not very unusal to find these ruins. maybe in most places all the stones were used for something else, i really dont know why alvastra still was left by about half
and personally i dont care much about the monasteries themselves, i'm not a religious person. i just like ruins, and am glad i can photograph them haha. morbid of me.
thanks you, i'm happy you like the shot
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thats so sad 
but cool
i love ruins of stuff too
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they look awesome!
but i wasnt really honest, i DO care about the monasteries haha. because they are fantastic buildings, i love architecture
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i really love cathedrals more than anything
all of the spires and the staircases and everything...
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yes, they really look amazing
and of course, i want to see sagrada família, i love the art and architecture of gaudí, so combined with it being a cathedral, it's simply fantastic
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ohh you live in sweden..
AWESOME!!!
the sagrada familia does look cool. i want to go there someday
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haha been here much? or dreaming of doing so?
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ahah no i live in australia
no medieval buildings here unfortunately
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haha yes, i know, i asked if you have been here, on vacation and such that means
no, but you have that awesome uluru! and kangeroos
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i went to uluru last year
i didn't climb it cos that would be disrespectful
but it was raining when we went there, and so there were these awesome waterfalls coming off of it
here's a photo [link]
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gorgeous sight! fantastic!
forgive my ignorance, why is it considered disrespectful to climb uluru?
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it was very majestic
dont apologize, it's fine 
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hm, i knew that, but i thought that they have sort of granted turists permission to climb. but i guess that's common to believe, when it comes to every special/sacrd place of native people. good to know, anyways, i'll remember that when i visit
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well, people are allowed to, but it's very disrespectful.
i went on a tour around the base of it led by an aboriginal man called Uncle Jack
he was awesome!
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why was he so awesome?
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