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Alvastra monastery was founded in 1143 by French monks who belonged to the Cistercian Order. A number of monks and lay brothers left the French monastery of Clairvaux Abbey. It was founded at Alvastra in Västra Tollstad parish in Ödeshög municipality on the site of a donation of land by King Sverker I of Sweden.
Apr 23, 2019 · 148. The abbey ruins. own work/public domain. The ruins of this monastery preserve a part of Swedish history from before the Protestant Reformation. It’s from a time when people donated land or ...
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Alvastra was the 40th abbey to be affiliated with Clairvaux. From Alvastra the monasteries of Varnhem, Julita (Saba), and Husby (Gudsberga) were founded. A monk from Alvastra, Stephen (d. 1185), was appointed the first archbishop of Uppsala in 1164. Both the Sverker family and the succeeding Folkung dynasty were favorably disposed toward the ...
Varnhem Abbey ( Swedish: Varnhems kloster) in Varnhem, Västergötland, Sweden was founded around 1150 by monks of the Cistercian Order from Alvastra Abbey in Östergötland. The Cistercian Order used the same floor plan for all its abbeys, which makes it possible to easily locate the different rooms and halls regardless of the building site.
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Alvastra was Sweden's largest monastery in its heyday, and it flourished for nearly 400 years. But along with the reformation it was dissolved and the Crown retracted the monastery's land possessions. The Alvastra property was made into the Alvastra royal estate. The construction materials interested several building proprietors and were used ...
Klosterkyrkans södra sida. Alvastra kloster är ett före detta cistercienskloster beläget i Alvastra vid Ombergs fot i Västra Tollstads socken i Ödeshögs kommun. Det grundades 1143 av munkar från det franska klostret Clairvaux och var tillsammans med Nydala kloster det första cisterciensklostret i Norden.
