Söderköping

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Söderköping

 

square in Söderköping

 

 

the Town Hall

during the Hansa period,
Söderköping was one of the most important towns in Sweden

 

St. Laurentii
brick church built in the
Baltic Gothic Style

 

named after St. Lars
who according to legend suffered death by fire
as a martyr in Rome in the year 258

 

 

the bell tower is from the 16th century

 

 

 

 

Stads Hotel
(no longer a hotel, but has kept its name)

 

the queen of Sweden Katarina Sunesdotter
who is writing her last will (1250) in which the town is mentioned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chapel in the park near the fountain
said to be related to St. Ragnhild's spring

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