Sweden · Restored
Gripsholm Castle
Gripsholm Castle is a 16th-century royal castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden, standing at the shore of Lake Mälaren. Built for Gustav I between 1537 and 1545, it served as a royal residence, occasional prison, and later housed the National Portrait Gallery; it is today a museum and crown palace.
First raised
1537
Its prime
1785
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1785
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact rectangular masonry castle set at the edge of Lake Mälaren, enclosed by a defensive stone wall and punctuated at its corners by circular, multi-storey towers; surviving sections of an older medieval façade are incorporated into the curtain. The towers rise above the main roofline and the complex sits immediately by the water, its walls meeting the shore. At its prime the fabric was complete and occupied as a royal residence with an external fortified silhouette.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1785.
The record describes 5 distinct spots at Gripsholm Castle — including 2 interiors: theatre inside one of the towers, prison cell / holding room. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Gripsholm Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1785 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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