Alskog Church

#681 among destinations in Sweden

Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture

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Alskog Church is a medieval church in Alskog on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church in its entirety dates from the 13th century, with the last additions probably being made c. 1300. A few alterations are of later date. It contains several medieval furnishings, as well as some medieval stained glass windows. Alskog Church belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby. ()

Local name: Alskogs kyrka Coordinates: 57°19'53"N, 18°37'38"E

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Alskog Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ardre image stones, Torsburgen, Garde Church, När Church.

4.2 miNE
Stela
Ardre image stones, Gotland
108 min walk • The Ardre image stones are a collection of ten rune and image stones, dated to the 8th to 11th centuries, that were discovered at Ardre Church, in Ardre, Gotland, Sweden. The principal edition is by Sune Lindqvist.
6.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Torsburgen
166 min walk • Torsburgen, Tors borg or þors borg are the remains of an ancient hillfort in Kräklingbo on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The fort is approximately 1.2 km², was constructed in the 1st-4th century and in use until the 12th century.
2 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Garde Church
50 min walk • Garde Church is a medieval church in Garde on the Swedish island of Gotland. It was built in stages during the Middle Ages. The oldest part is the nave and the base of the tower, while the most recently constructed part is the large chancel.
5.1 miS
Church
När Church
131 min walk • När Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island Gotland. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
1.3 miNE
Stela
Tjängvide image stone, Gotland
33 min walk • The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as Gotland Runic Inscription 110 or G 110, is a Viking Age image stone from Tjängvide, which is about three kilometers west of Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden.
4.9 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Etelhem Church
126 min walk • Etelmhem Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. The largely Gothic church contains medieval murals and a 12th-century baptismal font by the sculptor Hegvald. The church is used by the Church of Sweden and part of Diocese of Visby.
4.4 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Lye Church
113 min walk • Lye Church is a medieval church on Gotland, Sweden. The oldest parts of the church date from the last quarter of the 12th century, and the last major addition was the disproportionately large chancel, built during the second quarter of the 14th century by a workshop known by its notname as Egypticus.
6.1 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Buttle Church
156 min walk • Buttle Church is a medieval church in Buttle on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is one of the more well-preserved Romanesque churches on Gotland, and contains both a number of medieval furnishings as well medieval murals.
4.2 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Ardre Church
108 min walk • Ardre Church is a medieval church in Ardre on the Swedish island of Gotland. It was built during the 13th century, but the interior re-decorated in 1900–1902 after plans by artist Axel Haig. Several of the furnishings of the church are medieval. The church is in the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden.
3.4 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Lau Church
86 min walk • Lau Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Diocese of Visby. It is an unusually large church, and may have been used by Dominicans preaching for the Crusades.
~80 ftW
Zoo
Gutezoo, Ljugarn
1 min walk • Gutezoo was a Swedish zoo in Alskog, close to Ljugarn on the island Gotland in Sweden. The zoo was founded by Peter Molin in 1993, and displayed kangaroos, sebra, camel, rabbits and more than five hundred animals from sixty species.