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Linköping Castle

Linköping Castle

Also known as Linköpings slott

Year

1230

Type

castle

Linköpings slott is an unusually long architectural biography in stone: bishop's residence from the 1100s and 1200s, Vasa-era royal castle, prison for 146 years, and since 1795 the county governor's residence in Östergötland. The earliest…

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Linköping Castle
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Timeline

  1. 1568

    King John III's Renaissance Renovation

    Johan III had the medieval bishop's castle rebuilt as a Renaissance palace with two three-story limestone wings. Arendt de Roy served as the master builder in charge, and Hans Fleming took over from 1588; the top floor of the south wing…

    Arendt de Roy

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