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.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Rya 144, Örkelljunga, Sweden

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Details

Founded: 12th century
Category: Miscellaneous historic sites in Sweden
Historical period: Consolidation (Sweden)

Rating

4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

User Reviews

J B (2 years ago)
This is such a cool place and has amazing history that dates to the 1200. There is a small museum 800 meters from the ruins.

crampon pascal (2 years ago)
Impressive place, well located, shame it's only described in swedish

Bill Granger (3 years ago)
Beautiful ruin next to a historic farm for the region. Also located next to a golf course , the ruin has centuries of history and an intact graveyard with headstones. Worth a visit

Elisabeth Andersson (4 years ago)
Nice

Urban Nilsson (5 years ago)
Wow!

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