Smoothly riding my bike in The Woodland Cemetery (UNESCO World Heritage), Stockholm, Sweden.
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At the beginning of the 1900s, when it became apparent that Stockholm's cemeteries were insufficient and needed complementing, Stockholm City Council decided to build a new cemetery south of the existing Southern Cemetery, in modern-day Enskede. The aim was to create something special, something original - a cemetery blending nature and architecture into a seamless whole.
In1914, the cemetery committee announced an international architecture competition in which entrants were to take advantage of the local topography and woodlands. First prize was awarded to Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, two thirty-year-old architects, and work on Skogskyrkogården began in 1917.
Over the next two decades, the unique cemetery gradually took shape. From the pine-covered boulder ridge, the two architects created a holy landscape with several chapels nestled seamlessly into the natural surroundings. The actual graves were arranged in blocks in the pine forest. The landscape architect was Lewerentz, who also created the Almhöjden meditation grove, the Skogskyrkogården memorial garden and the Chapel of Resurrection. Asplund designed all other chapels and buildings. Some of Sweden's foremost artists, including Sven Erixson, Carl Milles and Otte Sköld, also contributed with decorative elements.
1940 witnessed the grand inauguration of Skogskyrkogården's crematorium, The Woodland crematorium and its three chapels - those of Faith, Hope and the Holy Cross.
The unique cemetery was now complete. It formed a harmonic whole combining nature, architecture and artistic ornamentation - in stark contrast to the usual metropolitan burial grounds with their endless rows of monuments.
In 1994, the World Heritage Committee decided to make the Skogskyrkogården number 558 on the World Heritage List. This made it only the second cultural heritage site from the twentieth century. All other cultural heritage sites are considerably older. Any property with a prestigious inscription on the World Heritage List is guaranteed its protection and conservation for all time.
Read more:
SWEDISH skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se/
ENGLISH skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se...
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Cyklar sakta på Skogskyrkogården på min cykel. Som en turist på besök i Stockholm, Sverige.
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GoPro Hero 8 dashcam. 4K. ASMR.
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