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Granso Castle

Granso Castle is a manor in Vastervik . The building is located on Granso , about 4 km outside of Vastervik .The place has medieval origins. The original castle consisted of a main building with wood, built in 1807 by Olof Johan Risselskiold . The castle was built at several times during the 1800s . The municipal ownership from 1969 matured castle but was used in a number of years as a fixed point for the West's summer initiative for children and youth, called "Fun in the summer." After a renovation in the early 1990s was the greater part of the castle destroyed by fire in 1993 . The building was restored to a slightly altered state of repair and re-opening ceremony took place in 1994 . The plant is now a popular destination with dining, concerts and exhibitions. On several occasions, was Granso castle site of Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg's annual sommartal. Cross last private owner was Baron Robert Fleetwood (f.1924), in whose family Granso had inherited since the 1886th In recent years, a major expansion occurred during the current owner Per Johansson's leadership. The English park has been restored, hotel and spa have been added. Today classed Granso castle as a resort.

Vastervik's Museum

Vastervik's Museum is a local museum which is located on Kulbacken in Vastervik . The museum is primarily a maritime museum, but also has other exhibitions . It has zero zero's built to approximately 300 square feet, including a visitor center of approximately 100 square feet.

Uno's tower

Uno's tower is an observation tower on Kulbacken in Vastervik . It was built in 1997 by SEK 500 000 bequeathed for that purpose six years earlier by dentists Uno Malmberg . 1998 built tower with an additional 3 feet, for a donation of 150 000 SEK by Olle Blomberg . The tower itself is 18 meters high and the viewing platform is located 34 meters above sea level. Unos tower belonging Vastervik museum .

Stegsholm

Stegsholm , formerly fortified castle on an island in Vastervik , at the shallow and narrow waters where Gamlebyviken pushes in from the Baltic to Gamleby to which the protection it was intended.Stegsholm was built before 1370, probably by King Albrecht's father, Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg, the Great , and was given by him to the German knights, until all the Duke's possessions in Sweden was taken over by Bo Jonsson (Grip), whose heirs took it to the 1419th It was held then by Erik of Pomerania , and was conquered in 1434 by Engelbrecht under Commander Josse Nilsson . In 1436 it was conquered by Tjust residents in Bo Knutsson and was destroyed, but rebuilt later and was then alternately Swedish and Danish-minded captains.

Saint Gertrude's Church

Saint Gertrude's Church is a church building in Vastervik , Vastervik parish , Smaland . It belongs to the diocese of Linkoping .

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