Dragsmark Abbey Ruins, Uddevalla, Sweden

Dragsmark Abbey was a Premonstratensian canonry, also known as Marieskog in Norwegian. It was founded before 1260, with the support of King Håkon Håkonsson, and was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The abbey was very wealthy in its heyday and ran a prestigious school, but declined during the 15th century, and as early as 1519 was in the control of a lay administrator, the first monastery in Norway to be secularised. With the Reformation the Crown granted it to a tenant in 1532, with a condition that the remaining canons had to be maintained. The buildings fell into disrepair, and in 1610 were used as a quarry for stone for the construction of Båhus Fortress.

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Christina M (2 years ago)
Fint och bra infoskylt.

Anna Rohdin (3 years ago)
Beautiful landscape

Christer Pernhult (4 years ago)
We return here from time to time. A sense of understanding how previous people lived along our coast

Lars Normark (5 years ago)
Intressant att tänka sig att detta varit en verkligt viktig plats sedan 1200-talet.

Lars Normark (5 years ago)
Interesting to think that this has been a really important place since the 13th century.

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