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Scandinavian serpent designs are carved into the wood above the door and windows facing the lake and above the door facing the courtyard. The walls of the east wing were built to resemble those of Olavinlinna , a stone castle built in 1015 AD, and use light color mortar with dark colored stones.
In 16th-century Sweden, which at that time included Finland, a torp was the term for the smallest size of the farm, paying a quarter of a "full" farm's taxes. When that classification became obsolete, a torp became a leased farm (with short lease times typically of one or two years), paid for with manual work on the owner's fields.
Schweizerhaus in Klein Glienicke near Berlin, designed by Ferdinand von Arnim, 1867. Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe.
The World's Most Extraordinary Homes is a British documentary miniseries presented by Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin and is broadcast on BBC Two. [1] The series was also picked up by Netflix between March 2018 and July 2022. [2] [3]
Amalienborg Palace is the winter home and main residence of the monarch, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark.It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard; in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's founder, King Frederik V.
Today grasshouses are no longer constructed in Iceland (construction stopped in the mid-20th century), and the few remaining examples are generally open to public as open-air museums. [3] There is some evidence to suggest a Celtic influence in early Icelandic architecture in the form of stone roundhouses and sheepcotes, however much of this is ...
Icelandic police will close once again close the town of Grindavik at 4pm today - after residents were let in for five minutes to retrieve valuables. Local media reported 30 minutes later the town ...
Previous tallest building in Scandinavia. Citygate: Gothenburg: 144 m (472 ft) 144 m (472 ft) 36 2022 [9] Tallest office building in Scandinavia Norra Tornen 1: Stockholm: 125 m (410 ft) 125 m (410 ft) 36: 2018 [10] Tallest building in Stockholm. Kista Science Tower: Stockholm: 124.00 m (407 ft) 156 m (512 ft) 30: 2003 [note 1] [note 2] Kista ...