Härkeberga Church

Description

Härkeberga church was built in the early 1300s and was enlarged in the 1400s with the vestry and porch. Also vaults were added then. Albertus Pictor decorated arches and walls with murals in the mid 1480's. The wall paintings were restored in the 1930s.

The paintings in Härkeberga church are Albertus Pictor's finest works. The stories originate from both the Old and New Testaments. They relate to the Biblia Pauperum, a medieval book describing events of Holy Bible as pictures or “comics” for poor and illiterate people.

Address
563 Härkeberga, Enköping, Sweden

Established
14th century

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