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The Cathedral
Next to Stortorget, just a five-minute walk from the train station
Scania
Southern Sweden
Sweden
Type: Religious Site
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Scania
Southern Sweden
Sweden
Type: Religious Site
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The Lund Cathedral is one of the most famous buildings in Sweden and the largest and most beautiful example of Romanesque architecture. It’s easy to find as it’s right in the city center next to Stortorget, just a five-minute walk from the train station. In case you get lost, look for the two towers of the cathedral, which can be seen from many places in the city. Half a million people visit this landmark every year and about 80,000 of those come for the services that have been held here every day for almost nine centuries. When the cathedral was built in the 12th century, the church with its bishops was powerful.
Choosing Lund as the location was logical since the bishop of Lund was appointed Archbishop of the whole Nordic Region around that time. The towers have increased in height over the years since the cathedral was built and are now 55 m (180 feet). Although it is possible to walk all the way up to the top of the towers, they are not open to the public. The Clock, at left, is one of the most famous attractions of the cathedral. Built around 1425, by a German named Nicolaus Lilienfeld, it can be used to make astronomical calculations. Only the top part of the clock is from the original. The bottom parts are copies, but the originals can be seen in the Cathedral Museum.
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