Ala Church

Ala, Sweden

Ala Church was originally built in the 12th century as so-called apse chapel, a small round building. The tower and present apsis were added around 1250. The interior was destroyed by fire in 1938. Some frescos were restored later. The limestone font, made in the mid-1200s, survived from fire and the pulpit (1663) was moved from Björke Church.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

715, Ala, Sweden

See all sites in Ala

Details

Founded: 12th century
Category: Religious sites in Sweden
Historical period: Consolidation (Sweden)

More Information

www.gotland.info
www.guteinfo.com

Rating

4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Ardre Church (5,7 km)
Kräklingbo Church (5,4 km)
Anga Church (8 km)

St. Lawrence's Church Ruins (32 km)
Visby Old Town (32 km)
St. Catherine's Church Ruins (31,9 km)
Gotland Museum (31,9 km)
Visby Cathedral (31,9 km)
St. Clement Church Ruins (32,1 km)
St. Hans' & St. Peter's Church Ruins (31,8 km)
Holy Spirit Church Ruins (32 km)
Powder Tower (32,2 km)

User Reviews

Ibbe Kim (4 years ago)
Old church that has been involved in a fire?

Per Blomberg (4 years ago)
Nice church. Lush surroundings.

Sanna Kauhanen (4 years ago)
There are more notable churches. They are very similar to each other throughout Gotland. Recommend more to go to gothem church which had a little more organized garden around it

Maria2020 EL (6 years ago)
Visiting this church and its surroundings on a very foggy October morning makes it the perfect plot scene of a detective story, sheep and all passing by as blurry shapes in the background...

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Finest Norman castles in Italy

Exploring the History of Northern Poland

Discovering Slovenia's Historic Wonders

Photo from Flickr, copyright Andy Hay

Historic Site of the week

Argos Theater

The ancient Argos Theater was built in 320 BC. and is located in Argos, Greece against Larissa Hill. Nearby from this site is Agora, Roman Odeon, and the Baths of Argos. The theater is one of the largest architectural developments in Greece and was renovated in ca 120 AD.

The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.

Around 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style.