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Cathedral of Saint Nicholas
cathedral, Stockholm, Sweden
Also known as: Storkyrkan
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landmark status
- In Stockholm
…Island contains the Royal Palace; Storkyrkan, also called the Cathedral, or Church, of St. Nicolas; the German Church; the House of Lords; the government offices; the Stock Exchange; and a number of other notable buildings. Riddar Island is dominated by the Riddarholm Church. The House of Parliament and the National…
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Notke’s “Saint George”
- In Western sculpture: Late Gothic
George and the Dragon at St. Nicholas’ Church, Stockholm, where the dragon’s spines are made from real antlers. The group as a whole is, of course, of wood, a medium that could be employed to create intricate, open, thin, and spiky forms impossible in stone.
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