Husaby
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Husaby, near Kinnekulle, is a village belonging to Götene municipality in the province of Västergötland, Sweden. It is most known for the old stone church Husaby Church. Olof Skötkonung, the first Christian king of Sweden, is rumoured to have allowed himself to be baptised at a well by the church in 1008.
Architecturally, it is remarkable for its steep walls and high towers, arguably the only Romanesque architecture in Sweden of that kind.
The church belonged to a network of royal estates called Uppsala öd.
See also
External links
- () [article Husaby] From Nordisk familjebok (1909)
- [Husaby] — from Contemporary terms for central places in prehistoric and medieval Scandinavia
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