Tall walls
Empty windows.
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Borgholm Castle is the ruin of a fortress in the town of Borgholm on the Swedish island of Öland, first built in the second half of the 13th century and rebuilt many times in later centuries. It lies about 29 km in a straight line from Kalmar. King Canute I probably ordered the original fortress as one of a chain on Sweden's east coast, and towers and thicker walls were added between the 13th and 15th centuries. Under King John III it was rebuilt from 1572 as a Renaissance castle, led by four brothers, engineers and architects from Milan. A fire destroyed it on 14 October 1806, and it has stood as a ruin ever since. Tall stone walls with empty windows and round towers stand on the edge of a flat limestone plateau, surrounded by wide pastures. Inside, long passages run between walls open to the sky, and grasses and wildflowers grow among the stones. In summer the ruin hosts concerts and family activities. A short path leads from the ruin to the nearby town.
Empty windows.
Open to the sky.
Around the ruin.
Borgholm, Öland island, Sweden
On 14 October 1806.
Concerts and family activities.