Tjängvide image stone, Gotland
#7 among attractions in Gotland
Facts and practical information
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. ()
Gotland Sweden
Tjängvide image stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Ardre image stones, Torsburgen, Garde Church, Lye Church.
- 2.9 miNEStela
Ardre image stones, Gotland
76 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.
- 5.3 miNEForts and castles
Torsburgen
135 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.
- 3.2 miSWChurch, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Garde Church
83 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.
- 5.7 miSWChurch, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Lye Church
145 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.
- 5.2 miNChurch, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Ala Church
133 min walk • Ala Church is a medieval church in Ala on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its oldest parts date from the 12th century. Damaged by fire in the 1930s, it still contains medieval murals and its original baptismal font.
- 6.1 miNWChurch, 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.
- 2.9 miNEChurch, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Ardre Church
76 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.
- 4.4 miSChurch, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Lau Church
113 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.
- 1.3 miSWChurch, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Alskog Church
33 min walk • 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.
- 1.3 miSWZoo
Gutezoo, Ljugarn
34 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.