The 12th-Century Castle
I had seen castles on television when I was little but mostly in animated films. They were always huge with many rooms and occupied by a king and a queen, prince and princess with their countless servants. Although I didn’t dream to see a real castle, I wondered once how big it was and how it looked inside. But little did I know that castles in the past centuries were built as offensive and defensive structures to launch raids as well as protection from enemies. Living in a castle before was not a luxury but a fight to win something. There are quite a number of castles here in Sweden. Some of them still served as private residences, some have been turned into hotels. There are a few that’s been turned into schools and some are now museums. There are ruins of some castles that can still be seen, too. The castle that we visited last summer was one of those that’s been made as museums.
Kalmar Castle in Småland, Sweden
This castle was built in the 12th century, yet still standing strong and stable. Significant histories were scribed on the paintings of the walls inside the castle and the things were preserved to look exactly as before. It looked like the entire castle was made of stone, except the floors.
inside Kalmar Castle
Above is the one of the rooms in the castle. It’s not allowed to take pictures in some rooms though. It must be a dining room but I was fascinated by the sculpture on the wall.
The cannons outside the castle
This is it! The weapon of the past, these cannons are lined outside the castle. I was wondering how they used them cos when I touched them, they seemed to be made of stones but hubby said they’re made of iron.
the centre ground of the castle
There were activities for the children and they would have the opportunity to wear medieval costumes and play like warriors of the past.
going around the castle
It wasn’t in our plan to visit Kalmar Castle but because we drove to Kalmar on our way home from Karlskrona so we took our chance to get inside. And the sight was worth more than what we paid for. Thanks to hubby for taking these awesome pics.
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Marlene is a teacher by profession holding a degree of Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. She works as a Mother Language Teacher in Sweden. She is a Filipina married to a Swede. She has been blogging since 2007 and she and her hubby own quite a number of websites.
i like that cannon
Thank you, me too.
Very nice castle, can you give more pics inside castle?
I’m afraid it’s not allowed to take pics in all the rooms in the castle. We managed to shot some.
An cool naman niyan. Ang ganda ng view sa may cannon.
Gusto ko rin ang place sa may cannon kasi medyo mataas at maganda ang view sa baba.
Another nice post.The images you have included with the post have make it more attractive.Thanks for sharing.
And thank you, too, for the appreciation.
very nice place i like the stone and the castle very much. the castle is looks very new and very bright. thanks for the image.
Thank you. I noticed that in the old times, they used a lot of stones in building castles. It must have been renovated or repainted.
The last time I saw a castle was during the release of some Harry Potter movie..
Hehee, not bad. Castles are always awesome in films and not spooky, I guess.
I am still wondering when will be the time na makaka visit ako ng places like that. So awesome.
At bakit kaya walang gumawa ng castles sa atin noong unang panahon despite the fact that we’d been into war, too, di ba.
your canon pic is similar in corregidor… or something like that… hehehehe… usually there are ghosts in castles right? as they are built way back time.. wala ka naramdaman?
hehee, it means I feel like I’ve been to corregidor already…ghostly feeling nga kapag nasa loob and I’d definitely freak out if i’ll be left alone inside.