Place Institution Christianity
Vreta Abbey
Was founded between 1105 and 1100, by the King Inge the Elder and Queen Helena, on the request of the Pope Paschal II, and is the oldest known in Sweden
- Dated from the 1100s CE
- Also called Vreta kloster
A place,
and the traditions
recorded there.
Sites, not believers
Overview
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Site history & evidence
What is documented here
Each kind of evidence on its own row, because they do not add up.
| Evidence | On record | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Site date | Dated from the 1100s CE On the timeline | A date for the site as recorded — not the start of worship, and not a floor on the tradition here. |
| Location | Recorded to the site On the atlas | A coordinate for the place. It locates the site; it does not draw its extent. |
| Dated activity | None recorded | A pin is a place, not an event. What happened at Vreta Abbey, and when, is a separate claim, and this import holds none: it carries site locations, not dated activity. |
Nearby
Places nearby
The nearest this collection holds, measured between recorded coordinates.
What this means
Computed from coordinates, not stated by any source. Nearness is geometry, not a connection: two sites a kilometre apart may never have shared a worshipper, a tradition or a century. Where either coordinate is recorded only to a district, the distance is rounded and says “about”.
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9.8 km awayLinköping Cathedral
12th century Gothic cathedral in Linköping, Sweden -
37 km awayVadstena Abbey
medieval abbey -
40 km awayNorrköping Synagogue
synagogue in Norrköping, Sweden -
80 km awayJulita Abbey
Medieval Cisterian monastery in Sweden -
83 km awayRiseberga Abbey
cistercian nunnery in Sweden -
109 km awayVarnhem Abbey
Swedish church and cloister ruins -
121 km awaySkara Cathedral
dates back to the 1000's, but the current gothic style originates from the 1300s, and high free vaults, and large windows are typical of the gothic church building style, is signs that are characterizing the Skara cathedral -
132 km awaySträngnäs Cathedral
is the gothic brick church building which replaced the original wooden church, built on a former very important place of sacrifice of vikings, and where the missionary Saint Eskil was killed during the mid 11th century
Connections
How Vreta Abbey connects
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Place 2
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