Hello archi lovers!
Once again we return to the beautiful Scandinavian capital on the shores of the Baltic Sea, Stockholm. But now we are going to walk through its streets to get closer to those most important points of interest and we realize that the architecture of this city is elegant, majestic and imposing because there are many buildings to admire and in which to recreate...
Many different buildings, palaces, churches, museums and also statues and much more that we will see here and I think in another post, because there is a lot so we start.
We can start with those impressive and beautiful classical buildings, I imagine that many of them will be neoclassical, or similar... 18th to 20th centuries, surely, although I don't know if there are reconstructions, but they look very good and give the city a wonderful, imperial air that gives us It transports you to other times without so much steel, glass and pronounced edges. There is harmony in a clean, quiet and elegant city such as its palaces, and the last one the most important one, the Royal Palace of Stockholm with big columns and flowery decorations where we can see somedays at certain hour the guard change and this is a curious show that deserves some minutes to be there.
And the Cathedral more discrete competes with the Royal Palace and many other churches (like a super red one, a yellow one and others) whose names we don't remember all but they are beautiful, although in one of these buildings we discovered a surprise...
The surprise is a colossal and striking statue of one of the best-known legends, that of Saint George and the Dragon (in a church named Storkyrkan near the Royal Palace) that is celebrated here but also in many other places, countries or cities. And we found some other sculptures or monuments in great locations that we also visited as we toured the city.
And there are also other important and relevant buildings such as the Swedish Parliament, a real imposing palace with the column facade, which we already commented on in the previous post, the so-called Riksdag, but also several museums, including the Nobel Museum (yes, the one with the prizes), or another mentioned place, the Royal Opera, and others such as a beautiful theater with exquisite golden decoration that remains over time, or a picturesque local market the Saluhall Market (Food Hall) also with dark red bricks where we can get in and try some local food, that is always a good thing to do to know better the local gastronomy.
And we are finishing our harmonious architectural route, even from a viewpoint (Katarinahissen) from above if you want, this is a very high structure! So this is an unique and inspiring walk through Stockholm where different styles from different times do not eclipse each other but complement each other, creating an atmosphere in perfect harmony with the passage of time and accompanied by history, making our visit a real and royal dream, dreamlike and full of precious styles, monuments, facades and a lot of beauty everywhere we look.
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