Öölannin-reissusta takaisin tullessa oli hyvää aikaa pyörähtää Uppsalan kautta, ja tämähän suuresti uteloitti kaikkia matkalaisia koska kukaan ei aiemmin ollut Uppsalassa käynyt. Historiallisesti kovin merkittävä paikkahan on kyseessä ja varsin lähellä Tukholmaa, joten hieman spontaanisti päätettiin kääntää nokka kohti Uppsalaa ja Vanhaa Uppsalaa.
When returning from Öland we still had good time to spend and decided to spend it in Uppsala. All of the team were quite curious because none of us had visited Uppsala before, and it, of course, is a very remarkable place historically. And Uppsala being quite close to Stockholm, it was indeed easy to drop by.
Vanhan Uppsalan museosta aloitettiin. Se oli ehkä enemmänkin "vierailijakeskus" -tyyppinen kuin ns. perinteinen museo, tietoa oli kyllä tarjolla ihan runsain määrin mutta varsinaisia esineitä vähän vähemmän. Kaksikerroksisen rakennuksen alakerrassa oli museokaupan lisäksi aikajana joka sijoitti Ruotsin lähiseudun tapahtumia maailmanluokan tapahtumien kanssa samaan mittakaavaan. Varsinainen näyttelytila oli yläkerrassa ja kertoi alueen käytöstä ja merkityksestä rautakaudelta keskiajalle, kummuista ja kirkosta. 1800-luvulla tutkituista kummuista oli myös uutta tutkimus- ja analyysitietoa. Ihan mielenkiintoista, mutta jotenkin kokonaisuus jäi vähän valjuksi, hankala sanoa miksi nimenomaisesti.
When returning from Öland we still had good time to spend and decided to spend it in Uppsala. All of the team were quite curious because none of us had visited Uppsala before, and it, of course, is a very remarkable place historically. And Uppsala being quite close to Stockholm, it was indeed easy to drop by.
We started from the Gamla Uppsala museum. I think it was more like a "visitor centre" than a museum, a lot of information there but relatively little items on display. The museum was in two floors, in first floor there was the museum shop and a timelinelinking together the world history and history of Uppsala region. The actual exhibitions were upstairs, and it was quite thorough in brigining forth the use and meaning of the area from the iron age to the medieval period, the mounds and the church. Also new information and test results were available concerning the burials in mounds, which were excavatd in the 19th century. All in all I was left with feeling that something was lacking, but it's hard to point out exactly what it was.
"Kuninkaiden kummut" taitavat olla yksi niistä ruotsalaisista kansallismaisemista. Alueen selvä maamerkki ne ainakin ovat! Eroosion takia niille kiipeäminen oli kielletty -ja kyllähän sen huomasi miksi näin oli, polut olivat varsin kuluneen näköisiä. Kummut ajoitetaan kansainvaellusaikaan, n. 500-luvulle. Näihinhän liittyy vaikka mitä perimätietoa ja tarina-aineistoa, mutta museossa tuotiin esille edellämainittujen lisäksi se mitä näistä tieteellisten tutkimuksien perusteella tiedetään. Ilmeisesti jokainen näistä kolmesta on hautakumpu, reunimmaisista on kummastakin löydetty polttohautauksien jäänteet esineistöineen, ne tutkittiin 1800-luvulla. Keskimmäistä ei ole tutkittu hautaukseen saakka.
The "royal mounds" can well be considered as being one of the Swedish most iconic landscapes. And indeed they are very prominent! Because of erosion climbing to them was forbidden -and one could easily tell why, the paths were quite worn. The mounds date to the Migration period, c. 6th century. There are a lot of folklore and legends concerning the mounds, but in the museum the actual facts were well displayed -apparently all three are burial mounds, there are remains of cremation burials from both eastern and western mound. The middle mound has not been fully researched to grave depth.
The "royal mounds" can well be considered as being one of the Swedish most iconic landscapes. And indeed they are very prominent! Because of erosion climbing to them was forbidden -and one could easily tell why, the paths were quite worn. The mounds date to the Migration period, c. 6th century. There are a lot of folklore and legends concerning the mounds, but in the museum the actual facts were well displayed -apparently all three are burial mounds, there are remains of cremation burials from both eastern and western mound. The middle mound has not been fully researched to grave depth.
Kirkko on pystytetty paikalle jossa oli ollut useampia rakennuksia jo ennen nykyistä kirkkoa (jota sitäkin alettiin rakentamaan jo 1100-luvulla) -jotkut ovat epäilleet sen paikkaa Adam Bremeniläisen kronikassa mainitun Uppsalan pakanatemppelin paikaksi. Kirkko oli aikoinaan ollut suurempikin, mutta 1200-luvulla sitä kohtasi tulipalo ja kun nykyinen Uppsalan tuomiokirkko oli rakennettu 1200-luvun lopulla, Vanhan Uppsalan kirkko korjattiin pienemmäksi ja jätettiin seurakuntakirkoksi. Kirkossa oli esillä erinäisiä kirkon nykytilaa vanhempia esineitäkin!
The church has been erected in the 12th century to a site where several buildings had stood before -some suggest this had been the site of the famous Uppsala pagan temple mentioned in the chronicles of Adam of Bremen. Originally the church was larger, but after a fire in the 13th century and the construction of present-day Uppsala cathedral the church was repaired as somewhat smaller in size than it had been, and it was left as a parish church. Inside the church there were several items dating to a time before the renovation!
The church has been erected in the 12th century to a site where several buildings had stood before -some suggest this had been the site of the famous Uppsala pagan temple mentioned in the chronicles of Adam of Bremen. Originally the church was larger, but after a fire in the 13th century and the construction of present-day Uppsala cathedral the church was repaired as somewhat smaller in size than it had been, and it was left as a parish church. Inside the church there were several items dating to a time before the renovation!
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| Tammenrungosta koverrettu arkku, peräisin 1100-luvulta. ~~~ Chest carved ftom a single oak trunk, 12th century. |
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| Komeasti koristeltu arkku, 1300-lukua. ~~~ Nicely decorated chest, 14th century. |
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| Piispanpenkki 1100-luvulta. ~~~ Bishop's seat, 12th century. |
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