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Maria Magdalena Kyrka

TIME : 2016/2/19 0:34:31

Consecrated in 1643, Södermalm’s oldest church stands on the site of a 14th-century chapel, torn down by serial church trasher Gustav Vasa after the Reformation of 1527. Although fire destroyed much of the current building in 1759, it was faithfully rebuilt, including the transept designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and a beautiful stone entrance portal by Tessin the Younger. Pop inside to see the Adoration of the Shepherds altarpiece painting (dating from around 1800) and the richly rococo-style pulpit. Come at 12.15pm on Thursday for free organ music.