Skt. Nicolai Kirke
Svendborg's oldest church is situated among a cluster of antique houses off Kyseborgstræde, in the vicinity of Gerrits Plads just south of the market square. Built of bricks before 1200 in the Romanesque style and last restored in 1892, its redbrick walls and white vaulting complement the fine altarpiece by Joachim Skovgaard in 1894. The magnificent stained-glass windows were designed by Kræsten Iversen during Denmark's darkest days in recent history, the Nazi occupation that lasted from 1940 to 1945. Nearby, you can admire a statue by Kai Nielsen (1820-1924), a native son who went on to greater glory and became a famous sculptor.
Svendborg's oldest church is situated among a cluster of antique houses off Kyseborgstræde, in the vicinity of Gerrits Plads just south of the market square. Built of bricks before 1200 in the Romanesque style and last restored in 1892, its redbrick walls and white vaulting complement the fine altarpiece by Joachim Skovgaard in 1894. The magnificent stained-glass windows were designed by Kræsten Iversen during Denmark's darkest days in recent history, the Nazi occupation that lasted from 1940 to 1945. Nearby, you can admire a statue by Kai Nielsen (1820-1924), a native son who went on to greater glory and became a famous sculptor.
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