Ekeby Church, Uppland

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Ekeby Church (Swedish : Ekeby kyrka) is a medieval church in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden. It belongs to the Church of Sweden.

Swedish language North Germanic language spoken in Sweden

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken natively by 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden, and in parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and to some extent with Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Both Norwegian and Danish are generally easier for Swedish speakers to read than to listen to because of difference in accent and tone when speaking. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It has the most speakers of the North Germanic languages.

Östhammar Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Östhammar.

Uppsala County is a county or län on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.

History and architecture

The oldest part of the church is the sacristy, located to the north of the nave. The sacristy dates from the late 13th or early 14th century and was probably originally attached to a wooden church. The main part of the single-nave church that can be seen today was probably built around 1430-1460. The church porch, although slightly later than the rest of the church, was most probably part of the original design. It still contains the door of the earlier, wooden church. The door dates from the late 13th century.^[1]

A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records. In some countries, it is known as the vestry.

The nave is the central part of a church, stretching from the main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type building, the strict definition of the term "nave" is restricted to the central aisle. In a broader, more colloquial sense, the nave includes all areas available for the lay worshippers, including the side-aisles and transepts. Either way, the nave is distinct from the area reserved for the choir and clergy.

A church porch is a room-like structure at a church's main entrance. A porch protects from the weather to some extent. Some porches have an outer door, others a simple gate, and in some cases the outer opening is not closed in any way.

Inside, the vaulting of the church is decorated with fresco. These date from circa 1515-1525 but were plastered over during the 18th century. They were uncovered during a renovation in 1927. The baptismal font dates from the late 13th century, while most of the rest of the church fittings are from the post-Reformation time.^[1]

Fresco is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco is derived from the Italian adjective fresco meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting.

A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism.

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References

1 2 "Ekeby kyrka" (in Swedish). Swedish National Heritage Board . Retrieved 18 November 2015.

External links

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Coordinates: 60°05′06″N18°13′25″E / 60.08500°N 18.22361°E / 60.08500; 18.22361

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[raa-1] 1 2 "Ekeby kyrka" (in Swedish). Swedish National Heritage Board . Retrieved 18 November 2015.

Ekeby Church, Uppland

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