Alvastra Abbey
Alvastra Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located at Alvastra in Östergötland, Sweden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NielsB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Pelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monastery in Sweden
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ombergs bokskogs naturreservat and Sverkerskapellet.
Ombergs bokskogs naturreservat
Nature reserve
Photo: Ztinah2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ombergs bokskogs naturreservat is a nature reserve.
Sverkerskapellet
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sverkerskapellet is a ruins, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Alvastra Abbey.
Strand
Building
Photo: Marianne58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strand is a building, which is situated 1¼ km west of Alvastra Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hästholmen and Heda.
Hästholmen
Village
Photo: PeterForss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hästholmen is a locality situated in Ödeshög Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 342 inhabitants in 2010.
Ödeshög
Town
Ödeshög is a locality and the seat of Ödeshög Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 2,572 inhabitants in 2010. Ödeshög is situated 7 km south of Alvastra Abbey.
Alvastra Abbey
- Categories: monastery ruins, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Ödeshög Municipality, Östergötland, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.2966° or 58° 17′ 48″ northLongitude
14.65899° or 14° 39′ 32″ eastOpen location code
9FCP7MW5+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 615477834OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1756189
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Alvastra Abbey” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Альвастра”
- Czech: “Klášter Alvastra”
- Danish: “Alvastra kloster”
- Dutch: “Alvastra Abbey”
- Finnish: “Alvastran luostari”
- French: “abbaye d’Alvastra”
- French: “Abbaye d’Alvastra”
- French: “Monastère d’Alvasta”
- French: “Monastère d’Alvastra”
- German: “Alvastra”
- German: “Kloster Alvastra”
- German: “Klosterruine Alvastra”
- Hebrew: “מנזר אלווסטרה”
- Italian: “abbazia di Alvastra”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Alvastra”
- Japanese: “アルヴァストラ修道院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alvastra kloster”
- Norwegian: “Alvastra kloster”
- Polish: “Klasztor w Alvastra”
- Polish: “Klasztor w Alvastrze”
- Portuguese: “Convento de Alvastra”
- Russian: “Альвастра”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alvastra”
- Slovenian: “opatija Alvastra”
- Slovenian: “samostan Alvastra”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Alvastra”
- Swedish: “Alvastra kloster”
- Swedish: “Alvastra klosterruin”
- Swedish: “Alvastra kyrka”
- Ukrainian: “Альвастрівський монастир”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alvastra kloster and Hjässan.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Vårfrukklostret i Alvastra and Alvastra besökscentrum.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alvastra Abbey”. Photo: NielsB, CC BY-SA 3.0.