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Stortorget, Malmö
Stortorget (, "The Big Square") is a Town square, square in Malmö. Construction began in 1538 with the demolition of The Monastery of the Holy Spirit (''Heligandsklostret''), which with its cemetery occupied about 70% of the area of the future square. A note in 1542 refers to the site as ''thet ny torg'' ("the new square"). The stately Malmö Town Hall (''Rådhuset''), the largest of its kind in the Nordic countries at the time, located on the eastern side of the square, was inaugurated in 1547. At Stortorget are The Governor's Residence, Malmö Town Hall, Jørgen Kock's House, the Kramer Hotel, and The Lion Pharmacy (''Apoteket Lejonet''). In the middle of the square stands an equestrian statue of King Charles X Gustav, sculpted by John Börjeson and created in connection with the Craft and Industry Exhibition in Malmö in 1896. The statue was initiated by the newspaperman and politician Carl Herslow and the history professor Martin Weibull. Stortorget has historically been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö Radhus3
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Counties of Sweden, Swedish county (län) of Skåne County, Scania (Skåne). It is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 350,647 in 2021. The Metropolitan Malmö, Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Øresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö was one of the earliest and most Industrial revolution, industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
