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Stortorget, Kalmar, Sweden

Stortorget in Kalmar is situated on Kvarnholmen in Kalmar's historic center. It was built during the 1600s and became the center of religious life in Kalmar Cathedral, justice, education, commerce and municipal management. Center of the square was also a municipal well until the early 2000s. In the 2000s, an extensive regeneration occurred on Kvarnholmen by including Larmtorget and Västerport Bridge and North and South streets. Great Square re-equipped in the early 2100s with the aim to recreate the square as a place for crowds at the various activities and events and to create a beautiful open space in the dense urban core as an antithesis to the busiest shopping streets. Kalmar by the Municipality in 1999 with the National Public Art and Society New Dryad an architectural competition, won by architects Caruso St John Architects in London and Eva Löfdahl proposal Field Of Stone / A stone floor. Stortorget's renewal was completed in 2003 and the project and the responsible architects and artist was awarded the following year's Siena Prize. Stortorget became a historic building in 2002.
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