Alvastra Abbey

Summary

Alvastra Abbey is a monastery ruins^[1]. It draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (monastery_ruins category, ranking #10 of 22).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alvastra Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].
• Alvastra Abbey is located in Ödeshög Municipality^[4].
• Alvastra Abbey is located in Östergötland^[5].
• Alvastra Abbey is in the country of Sweden^[6].
• Alvastra Abbey's image is recorded as Alvastra-ruins-Sweden.jpg^[7].
• Alvastra Abbey's image is recorded as Alvastra klosterruin.jpg^[8].
• Alvastra Abbey's instance of is recorded as monastery ruins^[9].
• Alvastra Abbey's founder is recorded as Sverker I of Sweden^[10].
• Alvastra Abbey's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture^[11].
• Alvastra Abbey's location is recorded as Västra Tollstad^[12].
• Alvastra Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Alvastra kloster^[13].
• +1143-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alvastra Abbey^[14].
• Alvastra Abbey was dissolved in +1544-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Alvastra Abbey's religious order is recorded as Cistercians^[16].
• Alvastra Abbey's mother house is recorded as Clairvaux Abbey^[17].
• Alvastra Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.29639, 'lon': 14.65361}^[18].
• Alvastra Abbey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cxyb6^[19].
• Alvastra Abbey's Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI is recorded as raa/lamning/2d839d55-6cc9-4f7c-b05d-9eb65288e786^[20].
• Alvastra Abbey's described by source is recorded as Q116035975^[21].
• Alvastra Abbey's heritage designation is recorded as monument in Fornminnesregistret^[22].
• Alvastra Abbey's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1099687^[23].
• Alvastra Abbey's category for people buried here is recorded as Q9534766^[24].
• Alvastra Abbey's Find a Grave cemetery ID is recorded as 2190911^[25].
• Alvastra Abbey's Christian liturgical rite is recorded as Roman Rite^[26].
• Alvastra Abbey's state of conservation is recorded as demolished or destroyed^[27].

Body

Geography

Alvastra Abbey is in the country of Sweden^[6]. Located in include Ödeshög Municipality^[4], a municipality of Sweden^[28], in Sweden^[29], founded in 1971^[30] and Östergötland^[5], a province of Sweden^[31], in Sweden^[32].

Designation and Status

Alvastra Abbey's instance of is recorded as monastery ruins^[9]. Its heritage designation is recorded as monument in Fornminnesregistret^[22]. Its religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].

History and Context

+1143-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alvastra Abbey^[14].

Why It Matters

Alvastra Abbey draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (monastery_ruins category, ranking #10 of 22).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]