STOCKHOLM, FLOATING ON THE WAVES

The Swedish capital of the tourists look a greenish crimson spiers churches, palaces and rare modernist skyscrapers. Stockholm is located on islands and peninsulas, and where in the city you go - go across the sea. In the Old City lancet bell towers of churches and facades of the palaces reflected in the blue mirror of water. At the north and south bridges extend steel belt, near where the whole day sitting with a fishing-rod enthusiasts.

The sea fills Stockholm sound, light and smell. It pleschetsya rock soles from the city lights shine mirror ancient quarters, even the narrow streets filled with the freshness of free space. Sea - the relic of Stockholm, where worship, honor her and show it to the attention of even the small things: the sea is found in the names of restaurants and clubs, on shop windows and souvenirs . . . And on the embankment in an area Skepsbrun is a magnificent marble sculpture work by Miller, which depicts the terrible sea monster in human guise, around thin mermaid.

Stockholm, built on islands, peninsulas and rocky coastal hills in all directions pitted channels. It is often called the "Venice of the North" because it is also the city quays. But not only canals and embankments give poetic charm of Stockholm.

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The sea, bays, islands, parks, downtown and pine forest on its outskirts also create a unique look of the city. Stone Stockholm somewhat old-fashioned massive and severe as posedevshy Vikings, and at the same time it is light and bright as a young fashion-monger. Stockholm privetliv, zadumchiv, restrained and somewhat important . . .

Islands identified and the overall structure of the urban space of the Swedish capital. They share the straits, channels and ducts, which means that each of the main islands has its own street or area, and often the monument defining architectural silhouette of the island.

The most magnificent building in the Swedish capital is the royal palace, which from year to year pace with guns blue-eyed, rosy Well done. Not far from the palace rises Sturchyurka - Cathedral of St. Nicholas, which crowned the Swedish kings. This earliest surviving monuments of architecture and one of the first stone buildings of Stockholm, first belonged to the Franciscan monastery, founded in 1270. Swedish monarchs and their families were buried here from the end of the XIII century: at present, the church service in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas is not available, and it remains as a memorial monument.

The biggest attraction Sturchyurki is a sculptural group of St.

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George, completed the master BI notes in 1489. The group consists of two parts: the horse statue of St. , killing the dragon, the princess and bended knees. This sculptural group was ordered Wall Sture the Elder, regent of the kingdom, after defeating the Danes in 1479. Customer identification with St. George - Knight, defending, and excusing princess, Sweden, where the statue is installed on a separate pedestal. Sculptural Group of St. George is a national sanctuary of Sweden, without reason, it was twice repeated in urban ensembles Stockholm: cast bronze statue adorns a small area of the Old City Merchant, and her gilded copy installed at City Hall.

The Town Hall was built in 1920, but architect Robert Estberg gave it stores features of XV century. For example, the old knight′s castles, where there was no glass, the light penetrates through uncovered rafter, and because the ceiling of one of the rooms of Town Hall is painted by "cloudy sky. "

From Sturchyurki a small street leading to the market - the highest place in the Old City. At the market square in the times of the Danish King Christian II took place the famous "blood baths". This king, wishing to consolidate a Swedish possession, under the pretext of curses Pope cut off the head a hundred famous citizens of Stockholm.

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Almost every town square is decorated with statues of the Swedish kings and great people of the nation. Among them, a very handsome monument of Gustav Adolf, who portrays the king-hero riding a horse.

For years, the evening of November 6, at the monument going to the members of the fans singing and sang patriotic songs, including "Do not lose heart, a small detachment", which was composed himself before the King battle under Lyutsenom.

On the left, adjacent to the Island Stage Riddarholm island, which rises the Church of Sweden′s nobility - high Gothic bell tower with openwork spire. This church is the burial place of Swedish kings, and at the same time, the burial place of many famous citizens, as well as a collection of war trophies. On the walls of the main passage to the temple a few rows of small metal plates hanging on a black background which were written the names of all persons who have ever been awarded the Order of Seraphim - the highest mark of honor Sweden. In the list of awardees have coats of arms with the names of Russian emperors Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II, but from the state of people of Russia - AV Suvorova, Duke AD Menshikov, Earl K. Nesselrode et al

Sarcophagus of the Swedish kings are in a special chapel crypts, vdayuschimisya in the church wall.

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The object of special veneration is the tomb of Charles XII, but the ashes of the Swedish King was twice disturb when the tomb opened in 1764 and 1859 years. The aim of researchers has been to allow the question: "Was the King shot from the Castle or the renegade Frenchman shot Sige, which for 1000 chervontsev bribed the king′s sister Eleanor. " During the last study commission, consisting of physicians and anatomists, came to the conclusion that the death of King was an enemy of the bullets.

. . . In many cities around the world, old and new quarters for the eyes differ more or less clearly. In Stockholm, they are mixed and dissolved in each other. Knights′ palaces, medieval houses with ostroverhimi roofs and streets with a width of the corridor next to multi-storey buildings of glass and concrete, which gives the city an even greater fascination.

Stockholm Center of Old Town, which is called Riddarholm - Island Knights. At the spot where the old building now houses the Swedish capital, before the birth of Christ were small fishing huts. An old Scandinavian legend says that to this poor and unknown land called attention only after the next event.

Agn, twelfth descendant Ingling, just returned after the raids on Finland, where brought Skialfu - the daughter of his murdered prince.

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He was at the shores of Lake Melaren and wanted to marry a captive Princess, which he′s cast into poverty and orphaned. In a distress situation is not the girl resisted, and even took a wedding ring, but in the soul of her shone only hatred and thirst for vengeance.

In the day appointed for the wedding Agn gathered his associates, and celebrated his happiness in such excessive numbers of honey Braga, which fell into unconsciousness. Using this Skialfa liberated fellow prisoners who attacked their enemies. Then they chop off the ropes of ships and headed for home, a place of this drama for a long time called Agnovym.

The Swedes began to attend his first out of curiosity, then it seemed to them a pleasant and comfortable, so that over time the banks of these towns were covered and numerous dwellings. As the Swedish capital city first mentioned in chronicles 750 years: whereas it is often called the "city of bridges", as he was large enough to support the entire island on a small stage. When at the end of XII century German merchants interested in the Swedish goods (iron and copper ore, resin and fur), they began to build warehouses on the island, using it as an entrepot in the Baltic trade.

In 1252 the Swedish regent Birger Yarl, tired of the attacks of sea robbers who penetrated deep into the lake Melaren, has decided to strengthen the small town Holm, and from this time begins the history of the Swedish capital.

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First Stockholm was built only on the three islands, but around 1400, as released new plots of land around the city began the erection of new walls, which have 17 bastions with fortified gates.

Officially, the capital of Sweden, Stockholm has become in 1634, but in fact - on the value and nature of benefits - he was the chief city of the country in the first half of XV century. Swedish king complained Stockholm different trading privileges, as they were interested in receiving income from this trade. Even the XIV century a special law prescribes the public areas, located north of the city, pick up their goods only in Stockholm.

As mentioned above, the Swedish capital city stretches on the islands, and because the house in the city in stone. Just on the outskirts of Stockholm are traditionally wooden, which prefer to build in provincial Sweden. And the island is located Skansen museum without walls and roofs. It is located outdoors, on a large rocky island, which is washed by the blue waves of the sea bay. In this museum you can find yourself in the Swedish village of long-past times, where the shade of the oak stands the house, painted in warm red. Hid in the shadow of old barn and its thatch roof, where fun twitter sparrows, black time.

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A small plaque states that it is - a rich farmer of the estate of Lena Blekinte, built in the XVIII century. Near the house of the beehives stand roughly cut decks on which the bees kruzhatsya . . . On the eve of the house can be seen in the peasant shoes and thick woolen stockings, embroidered in white blouses and nakolke on the head. This is one of the guides, which are Skansene costumes of a century, to which the building. They greeted you as hospitable hosts, topyat furnaces and show how the earlier baked bread or tkali . . .

Every house in the museum is surrounded by the nature of the place whence he brought: estate of the surrounding steppe concentrated around the plague nomadic Sami from the distant northern corner Norlanda recreated rocky tundra. For 2-3 hours here, you can make the journey across Sweden and clearly acquainted with its history, nature and life of people.

In Skansene there is a zoo, which is very fond of children. Here, in the grass at the track, it is important to stroll pheasants, who cleaned their feathers and do not pay any attention to the enthusiastic audience. In Skansene freedom enjoyed by all animals, for example, in the cavities between the rocks live bears, but the deepening carved so toed could not get out of here .

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For over 200 years, Sweden is not aware that such a war. The fate was merciful to this country: when the post-war Europe heal their wounds, in Sweden, protected human rights, care for the safety and constantly monitored to ensure that everyone had equal opportunity to achieve something in life. There рвали�ь bombs, not one stone fell from its walls, so the pristine beauty of the ancient was in Stockholm, which are admired all those who visited the city. There is no need to rebuild destroyed and, therefore, a new built so that it was combined with the traditional look of the city and its bright glitter of modernity.