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Founded: 12th centuryCategory: Religious sites in Sweden
Historical period: Consolidation (Sweden)
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Gladsax Church was constructed in the Romanesque style during the 12th century. It was vaulted, and a church tower was added in the 15th century. In 1857, the existing choir was demolished, and instead, three transepts with a new three-sided choir were built. In 1883, the tower was renovated according to designs by Carl Möller.
The nave contains frescoes created by Nils Håkansson in the mid-15th century. However, the paintings in the center of the cross date from 1898 and were copied from the part of the nave closest to the tower. The State Historical Museum notes that the paintings are 'heavily restored, partly repainted; the paintings in the western vault were concealed by the organ and were, therefore, 'copied' in the choir vault - the detailed image of the Fall of Man and Eve receiving her spindle shows fragments from the original painting.'
The ruins of the medieval Gladsaxe Castle are located in a meadow just east of the church.
References:Dryburgh Abbey on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders was founded in 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland. The arrival of the canons along with their first abbot, Roger, took place in 1152.
It was burned by English troops in 1322, after which it was restored only to be again burned by Richard II in 1385, but it flourished in the fifteenth century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly surviving until the Scottish Reformation, when it was given to the Earl of Mar by James VI of Scotland. It is now a designated scheduled monument and the surrounding landscape is included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan bought the land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott and Douglas Haig are buried in its grounds.