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After 50 years the nuns moved again to the present Kungsberg (3 km east of Fogdö), where they were able to have built a full monastic complex in accordance with the Cistercian principles of monastery construction and layout. The new buildings were put into operation in 1289. At the same time the
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nuns was established here, but its exact location is obscure. Excavations in 1991–92 revealed that a medieval fortification had been built on an elevation near the water, and it is possible that the nuns were displaced from their original place of settlement on this strategic site to make room for
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The church was built in the shape of a Latin cross, with three aisles and a short transept. The nave was divided by a wall to separate the nuns from the lay congregation. The church was roofed with tiles, and the external walls may also have been tile-clad.
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was also widened so as better to accommodate the nuns' choral liturgy. Judging from the surviving walls, the services of a builder trained in the Cistercian style were obtained for the project.
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dissolved the abbey and appropriated its property and estates to the crown in accordance with the
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this document is now well known for containing the first known written reference to
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monastery of nuns from the 12th century until 1527, situated 1 mile north-west of
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Letter of protection from Birger Jarl and Valdemar of Sweden to Fogdö Abbey 1252
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the fort. This would explain why they moved to what is now
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Letter of protection from Birger Jarl and Valdemar of Sweden to Fogdö Abbey 1252
Swedish
Cistercian
Strängnäs
Fogdö
Lake Mälaren
Södermanland
Sweden
Benedictine
Fogdö church
quire
offering protection
Birger Jarl
Valdemar
Riksarkivet
Julita Abbey
Reformation
Gustav Vasa
Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden
Gripsholm Castle
Martha Henriksdotter
Stockholm
Uppgifter från Riksantikvarieämbetets byggnadsregister

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