Ruins of Borgholm Slott (Castle), Öland, Sweden.

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Johan III employed the architect Dominicus Pahr to design a grand new Renaissance palace on the site of the original medieval fortress. It was damaged in the Kalmar War and when Karl X Gustav became king he employed Nicodemus Tessin the Elder to restore it, but Karl's early death resulted in these plans never being finished.

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Size: 3672px × 4748px
Location: Öland, Sweden.
Photo credit: © Leslie Garland / LGPL / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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