This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Castle Attractions In Avesta

x
Not to be confused with Alvesta in Kronoberg County, Sweden. Avesta is a locality and the seat of Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015.The name is first found in 1303 as Aghastadhum. Aghe is of similar origin as the word å, meaning stream, in this case the Avestafors, a tributary of the river Dalälven. Stadhum was dative plural of a word of similar origin as stead, or farm.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Castle Attractions In Avesta

  • 1. Gripsholm Castle Mariefred
    Gripsholm Castle is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripsholm has belonged to the Swedish Royal Family and was used as one of their residences until the 18th-century. It is now a museum, but it is still considered to be a palace at the disposal of the King and as such it is part of the Crown palaces in Sweden.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Avesta Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu