Lejonbacken
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Lejonbacken is a system of ramps leading up to the northern entrance of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. They were built during the 1780s named after the pair of sculpted Medici lions prominentl
Northern façade of the Royal Palace in June 2010.
One of the Medici lions on Lejonbacken.
View of Lejonbacken
View from Lejonbacken facing north.
Slottskajen
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Slottskajen is a quay and a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Lejonbacken
…at Haga and a royal palace there never built. The eastern ramp leads down to Strömbron and Skeppsbron, and the western to Mynttorget, while the quay Slottskajen passes beneath the entire composition along the canal Stallkanalen. Inside the north-eastern wing of the palace is the Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities…
Slottskajen passing in front of the northern façade of the Royal Palace in March 2007.