Roggeborgen, Strängnäs, Sweden

Roggeborgen was a residence of Strängnäs bishop since 1626. The building was constructed by bishop Kort Rogge (1479-1501) in the late 1400s. Between 1626 and 1930 it functioned as a Gymnasium. Today it is a library including 70000 old articles from the episcopate of Strängnäs.

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Simon Larsson (2 years ago)
A historically interesting building which now houses an important collection belonging to the royal library. It is only open to the public during irregularly held tours.

Eric A.L. Axner (2 years ago)
A beautiful building with an interesting history and which is now used as a nationally important library.

Ebrahim O. Wajih (2 years ago)
Nice and beautiful place ?

Abdulrahman Bhlawan (3 years ago)
Very good ?

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