Stockholm’s Medieval Cathedral, built in 1279, houses unique objects such as the St George and the Dragon sculpture (1489),
and the legendary Vädersoltavlan (1636)... which I couldn't stop looking at:
(photo from Wikipedia)
Vädersolstavlan (Swedish for "The Sun Dog Painting") is an oil-on-panel painting depicting a halo display, an atmospheric optical phenomenon, observed over Stockholm on April 20, 1535. It is named after the sun dogs (Swedish: Vädersol, "Weather sun") appearing on the upper right part of the painting. While chiefly noted for being the oldest depiction of Stockholm, it is arguably also the oldest Swedish landscape painting and the oldest depiction of sun dogs.
(my photo taken at the Cathedral)We bought photo mugs at the Royal Palace gift shop commemorating the event.
2 comments:
Great Cathedral, reminds me of the church in bergen that my parents were married in, really miss the homeland I should make it a goal to go home to visit when the children on their own, Thanks, Karen and Gary :0)
Oops, forgot to tell ya, my Mor & Far were married New Years Eve, 1954.
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