Solliden Swedish Royal Palace Gardens. Italianate Renaissance style garden.
Borgholm castle was built in the 1100s to protect the trade along the Swedish coast from attack by the Danes and the Germans. It si built of limestone. It was rebuilt in the 1500s and rebuilt as a royal palace in Baroque style in the 1600s. Most of it burnt down in 1806. It makes for picturesque ruins. Nearby is the Swedish Royal Family summer residence Solliden with its beautiful gardens. Solliden was built in 1903-06 in italianate style. Queen Victoria of Sweden had it built on Oland.
Solliden Swedish Royal Palace Gardens. Italianate Renaissance style garden.
Borgholm castle was built in the 1100s to protect the trade along the Swedish coast from attack by the Danes and the Germans. It si built of limestone. It was rebuilt in the 1500s and rebuilt as a royal palace in Baroque style in the 1600s. Most of it burnt down in 1806. It makes for picturesque ruins. Nearby is the Swedish Royal Family summer residence Solliden with its beautiful gardens. Solliden was built in 1903-06 in italianate style. Queen Victoria of Sweden had it built on Oland.