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Gamla Uppsala
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Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016.
Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains: seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the Royal Mounds. The
Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains: seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the Royal Mounds. The building beyond the mounds is the church and to its right is the low Ting-mound and then Gamla Uppsala museum.
A composite model of Gamla Uppsala from throughout history, as exhibited at the local museum.
A composite model of Gamla Uppsala from throughout history, as exhibited at the local museum.
The three large "Royal Mounds" at Gamla Uppsala.
The three large "Royal Mounds" at Gamla Uppsala.
The Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala. L to R: Western Mound (King Adils’ Mound/Thor's Mound), Middle Mound (King Egil's Mound/Freyr's Mound) and Eastern
The Royal Mounds of Gamla Uppsala. L to R: Western Mound (King Adils’ Mound/Thor's Mound), Middle Mound (King Egil's Mound/Freyr's Mound) and Eastern Mound (King Aun's Mound/Odin's Mound). Dated to the older Vendel period, c. 550–625, through excavation findings.
Temple at Uppsala
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The Temple at Uppsala was long held to be a religious centre in the Norse religion once located at what became Gamla Uppsala, Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th-century work Gesta Hammaburgensis
Gamla Uppsala
…in Gamla Uppsala have been found the remains of one or several large wooden buildings. Some archaeologists believe that they are the remains of the Temple of Uppsala, while others hold that comes from an early Christian wooden church. Churches were often built on pre-Christian sacred sites, though. Adjacent to the…
A woodcut depicting the Temple at Uppsala as described by Adam of Bremen, including the golden chain around the temple, the well and the tree, from Ol
A woodcut depicting the Temple at Uppsala as described by Adam of Bremen, including the golden chain around the temple, the well and the tree, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555).
Some scholars have claimed to see sacrificed men hanging from the branches of a tree, in the Oseberg tapestry fragments.
Some scholars have claimed to see sacrificed men hanging from the branches of a tree, in the Oseberg tapestry fragments.
Yngvi-Freyr constructs the Temple at Uppsala (1830) by Hugo Hamilton
Yngvi-Freyr constructs the Temple at Uppsala (1830) by Hugo Hamilton