Fornbyn

Fornbyn is a park in Skara socken, Skara domkyrkoförs., Västra Götaland County. Fornbyn is situated nearby to Västergötland museum, as well as near Dog park Brogården.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Västergötland museum and Skara Cathedral.

Västergötland museum

Museum

Photo: Nasko, Public domain.

Västergötland museum is situated 130 metres west of Fornbyn.

Skara Cathedral is a church in the town of Skara, Sweden. The cathedral is the seat for the bishop of the Diocese of Skara of the Church of Sweden. Skara Cathedral is situated 420 metres southwest of Fornbyn.

S:t Nicolai kyrkoruin, Skara

Photo: D.O.G.A., CC BY-SA 3.0.

S:t Nicolai kyrkoruin, Skara is situated 460 metres southwest of Fornbyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skara and Ardala.

Skara

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Skara is a locality and the seat of Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 11,475 inhabitants in 2023. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long educational and ecclesiastical history.

Ardala

Village

Ardala is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 725 inhabitants in 2010. It was founded in 1890 and used to have a grocery store and a library, but is now only a residential area with mostly villas and one-family-houses. Ardala is situated 7 km southwest of Fornbyn.

Axvall

Village

Photo: Västgöten, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Axvall is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,186 inhabitants in 2010. Axvall is situated 8 km east of Fornbyn.

Fornbyn

Type: Park
Categories: museum, tourism, and recreation area
Location: Skara socken, Skara domkyrkoförs., Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

58.38985° or 58° 23′ 24″ north

Longitude

13.4424° or 13° 26′ 33″ east

Open location code

9FCM9CQR+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 70329345

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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