Stavby Church ( Stavby kyrka) is a medieval church located north-east of Uppsala. The construction probably started in the middle of the 13th century with the eastern parts of the present church. A western, more narrow, extension was built later during the Middle Ages, and the church porch dates from the end of the medieval period. Two lychgates were also built during the 15th century, one of which still remains. Inside, the vaults and walls of the church are decorated with frescos made in the 1490s, probably by a pupil of Albertus Pictor; the frescos adoring the vaults are well-preserved while the frescos on the walls survive only in fragments. The wooden belfry, standing separately from the church, contains two church bells, both made in Stockholm in the workshop of the same family (Meyer) in 1655 and 1752 respectively.
The furnishings of the church include a medieval choir stall made of oak, two medieval sculptures depicting saints and a baptismal font in limestone believed to be from the 15th century. The choir has a window painting by John Österlund made in 1929.
References:Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence, before being rebuilt in its present form in the late 14th century by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), the son of King Robert II of Scots, and Regent of Scotland from 1388 until his death. Duke Robert"s stronghold has survived relatively unchanged and complete, and the whole castle was traditionally thought of as the result of a single period of construction at this time. The castle passed to the crown in 1425, when Albany"s son was executed, and was used as a royal hunting lodge and dower house.
In the later 16th century, Doune became the property of the Earls of Moray. The castle saw military action during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Glencairn"s rising in the mid-17th century, and during the Jacobite risings of the late 17th century and 18th century.