Alvastra Monastery Ruin at Omberg.
Alvastra Monastery
Hi all nature lovers!
A grain of gold among Sweden's sights is the Alvastra monastery ruin on the slope of Omberg. Alvastra Monastery was a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1143 by monks from the French monastery Clairvaux and was together with Nydala monastery the first Cistercian monastery in the Nordic countries. The Alvastra monks in turn founded the monastery in Varnhem. The monastery operated without known interruptions until the monastery was dissolved around 1530 in connection with the Swedish Reformation. Today, only the ruins of the church and the other monastery buildings remain.
Hej alla naturälskare!
Ett guldkorn bland Sveriges sevärdheter är Alvastra klosterruin vid Ombergs sluttning. Alvastra kloster var ett före detta cistercienskloster som grundades 1143 av munkar från det franska klostret Clairvaux och var tillsammans med Nydala kloster det första cisterciensklostret i Norden. Alvastra munkarna grundade i sin tur munkklostret i Varnhem. Klostret verkade utan kända avbrott fram till att klostret upplöstes omkring 1530 i samband med den svenska reformationen. Numera finns bara ruiner kvar av kyrkan och de övriga klosterbyggnaderna.
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