Model, Museum, Gamla Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden
Composite model of Gamla Uppsala from throughout history, including the Gamla Uppsala Church, built 12th century on the site of an ancient pagan temple, in Gamla Uppsala Museum, inaugurated 2000, at Gamla Uppsala, near Uppsala, Sweden. Gamla Uppsala was the historical residence of Swedish kings and an important religious and political centre from the 3rd century AD through the Middle Ages. It has been a burial site for 2, 000 years, originally housing up to 3, 000 burial mounds including the royal burial mounds or Kungshogarna. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14079250
Media ID
45697788
Size
8268px x 5615px
(8.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
