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Founded: 1882Category: Religious sites in Sweden
Historical period: Union with Norway and Modernization (Sweden)
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The Neoclassical Lyngby Church was built in 1882 to the site of demolished medieval brick church. It was designed by August Lindvall. The altar wall (17th century) and late-medieval triumph cruficix origin from the older church. The altar was painted by Freulein Marie Davids of Weimar and is a copy of painting made by Florence artist Carlo Dolci (1616-1688).
References:The Peace Palace (Vredespaleis) is an administrative building and often called the seat of international law because it houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the extensive Peace Palace Library. In addition to hosting these institutions, the Palace is also a regular venue for special events in international policy and law. The Palace officially opened on 28 August 1913, and was originally built to provide a symbolic home for the Permanent Court of Arbitration, a court created to end war which was created by treaty at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference.
