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Street-by-Street: Slottsbacken

Slottsbacken is much more than just a steep hill
linking Skeppsbron and the highest part of Gamla Stan
(Old Town). It also provides the background for ceremonial
processions and the daily changing of the guard, and is the
route for visiting heads of state and foreign ambassadors,
when they have an audience with the king at the Royal Palace
(Kungliga Slottet). Alongside Slottsbacken the palace displays
its most attractive façade, with the entrance to the Treasury The Olaus Petri statue by
(Skattkammaren), State Room (Rikssalen) and Palace Church Storkyrkan stands in front of
(Slottskyrkan). Nicodemus Tessin the Younger’s ambition to a tablet telling the history
make Stockholm a leading European city in monumental of the cathedral
since 1264.
terms was realized in 1799 with the addition of the Obelisk.
Outer Courtyard

Axel Oxenstiernas Palats (1653) is, for SlOTTSbAcKen
Stockholm, an unusual example of the
style known as Roman Mannerism. For
30 years, Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654)
was a dominant figure in Swedish
power politics.

The Obelisk by Louis
Jean Desprez was TrÅngSund
erected in 1799 to thank K Ö P m A n g ATA n
the citizens for their
support of Gustav III’s
Russian war in 1788–90. STOr-
TOrgeT
Stock Exchange (see p56)

5. Storkyrkan
An impressive cathedral with a
late Gothic interior, it is full of
treasures from many different eras.
6 Stortorget
This square is the heart of the “city
between the bridges”, with a well Key
dating from 1778. It was the scene of
the Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520. Suggested route

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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight template “UK” LAYER
(Source v2.2)
Date 23rd October 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm