Rya Church Ruins

Örkelljunga, Sweden

The first Rya church was completed in the late 1100s. It might by built by monks from the Herrevad Abbey. Today impressive ruins of this church remain. The new brick-church was inaugurated in 1875. The original font (1100s) has been brought from the old church.

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Rya 144, Örkelljunga, Sweden
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Founded: 12th century
Category: Ruins in Sweden
Historical period: Consolidation (Sweden)

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4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Christel Graff (10 months ago)
Fantastic excursion and wonderful environment. Fun to see everything that has been preserved that is used a lot for various events today .
Erik Pettersson (Snille - sNi-FPV) (10 months ago)
Worth a visit, but nothing special.
Rikard Lundgren (2 years ago)
Arrived in the middle of the night. At this hour this place was really intriguing and almost fearfully interesting. In the light of dawn.. well... it was just a marvel to behold. See for yourselves.
Anton Malmqvist (2 years ago)
A marvelous ruin in close to mint condition!
Kenth Andersson-Svala (2 years ago)
Fantastisk ruin av en gammal kyrka
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