Vreta Abbey

was founded between 1105 and 1100, by the King Inge the Elder and Queen Helena, on the request of the Pope Paschal II, and is the oldest known in Sweden
Organization monastery Q860536
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Vreta Abbey

Summary

Vreta Abbey is a monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vreta Abbey's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Vreta Abbey is located in Linköping Municipality[4].
  • Vreta Abbey is in the country of Sweden[5].
  • Vreta Abbey's image is recorded as Vreta kloster Church view.jpg[6].
  • Vreta Abbey's instance of is recorded as ruins[7].
  • Vreta Abbey's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[8].
  • Vreta Abbey's instance of is recorded as cultural property[9].
  • Vreta Abbey's instance of is recorded as heritage site in Sweden[10].
  • Vreta Abbey's instance of is recorded as religious work of art[11].
  • Vreta Abbey's instance of is recorded as abbey[12].
  • Vreta Abbey's owned by is recorded as Cistercians[13].
  • Vreta Abbey's architectural style is recorded as Romanesque art[14].
  • Vreta Abbey's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305127109[15].
  • Vreta Abbey's GND ID is recorded as 4679459-1[16].
  • Vreta Abbey's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82166883[17].
  • Vreta Abbey's location is recorded as Ljungsbro[18].
  • Vreta Abbey's location is recorded as Q10716963[19].
  • Vreta Abbey's Commons category is recorded as Vreta kloster[20].
  • Vreta Abbey's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[21].
  • +1100-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vreta Abbey[22].
  • Vreta Abbey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.482382, 'lon': 15.517736}[23].
  • Vreta Abbey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0405btq[24].
  • Vreta Abbey's official website is recorded as https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/vretakloster/vreta-klosters-kyrka[25].
  • Vreta Abbey's SELIBR ID is recorded as 342244[26].
  • Vreta Abbey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vreta kloster[27].

Body

Founding

+1100-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vreta Abbey[22].

Ownership

Vreta Abbey's owned by is recorded as Cistercians[13].

Why It Matters

Vreta Abbey ranks in the top 9% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . vretaklosterforening.se. vretaklosterforening.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location Ljungsbro, Q10716963
    Category for people buried here Category:Burials at Vreta Abbey
    Inception
    Wolfram language entity code Entity["Building", "VretaAbbey::j9thk"]
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "VretaAbbey::j9thk"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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