Sigtuna box, Sigtuna

Name: Sigtuna box
Address: Sigtuna, Sweden

#4 among attractions in Sigtuna

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The Sigtuna box is a copper box from Sigtuna, Sweden, which was engraved with a runic inscription in the early 11th century. The box not only tells of trading across the Baltic Sea, it is also engraved with an Old Norse poem in dróttkvætt, the lordly meter which was used when skalds praised lords and kings. The poem talks of thieves being devoured by ravens. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 59°36'59"N, 17°43'23"E

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Sigtuna box – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kyrkogården Runestones, St. Mary's Church, S:t Olof's Church Ruin, Norrtil Runestones.

~690 ftN
Stela
Kyrkogården Runestones, Sigtuna
4 min walk • The Kyrkogården Runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones located at the cemetery of St. Mary's Church in Sigtuna, Stockholm County, Sweden, in the historic province of Uppland. One of the runic inscriptions documents the existence of a Viking Age mercantile guild in Sweden.
~690 ftN
Church, Gothic architecture
St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna
4 min walk • St. Mary's Church is a Lutheran church in Sigtuna, not far from Stockholm, Sweden. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Uppsala.
~780 ftNW
Historical place, Ruins
S:t Olof's Church Ruin, Sigtuna
4 min walk • Cathedral of St. Olaf in Sigtune - the ruins of the church located in Sigtune, the Stockholm territorial region, Historical Region of the UPPLAND. They are located in the cemetery, west of the St. Mary's Church. History of the church of St. Olaf is very similar to the history of the church near the church of St. Piotr.
1.1 miNE
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Norrtil Runestones
29 min walk • The Norrtil Runestones are two monuments listed in Rundata as U 410 and U 411, standing at Norrtil, Saint Olovs parish, Uppland, Sweden. Both runestones were erected at the second part of 11th century along the ancient road leading from Sigtuna to already existed at that time settlement of Til.

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Which popular attractions are close to Sigtuna box?

Nearby attractions include Kyrkogården Runestones, Sigtuna (4 min walk), St. Mary's Church, Sigtuna (4 min walk), S:t Olof's Church Ruin, Sigtuna (4 min walk).