Temple · Sweden · Partial ruin
Temple at Uppsala
The Temple at Uppsala is the site described in medieval sources as the principal heathen shrine at Gamla Uppsala, associated with a large timber shrine, a sacred grove and ritual activity. Its literary descriptions (notably Adam of Bremen and Snorri Sturluson) and archaeological postholes and pole-lines have made the site a focal point for reconstructions of a major pre-Christian cult centre in Sweden.
Its prime
1070
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1070
What Temple at Uppsala looked like in its prime.
A large, timber-built shrine composed of a high, steeply pitched roof and substantial plank walls, its gables lined with a heavy chain visible from a distance; small diamond-lattice windows puncture the walls and a wide arched doorway leads into a deep hall. The building sits amid low burial mounds and an evergreen sacred tree beside a spring; nearby rows of massive wooden poles mark an immense timber enclosure. Interior lighting is by narrow apertures and fire-lit altars.
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