Alvastra Abbey
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Alvastra as it looked in Suecia antiqua et hodierna, around 1700.

Alvastra Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located at Alvastra in Östergötland, Sweden. It was founded in the first half of the 12th century by a donation of land from King Sverker I of Sweden to the Cistercian Order. It was dissolved and appropriated by the Crown at the time of the Protestant Reformation.

External links

• Alvastra Monastery at the official website of the Swedish National Heritage Board.

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