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''SORØ Academy'', ''The Monastery Gate'', Main street in SORØ. 2008 © All rights reserved.
I couldn't help my self ! - I got inspired by seeing Chris Crowleys 'Egret'
- and to emphasize the buildings and the history of
Sorø Academy (Danish, Sorø Akademi) and Sorø Klosterkirke (ie. Sorø Abbey Church)
- I did a hole lot of paint, smear and other 'things' with some photo-programs.

- from Wikipedia and me:
The Academy is an educational institution built in 1140 together with Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon is buried and where Margaret I of Denmark was buried (she was later moved to Roskilde Domkirke (Roskilde Cathedral), Roskilde).

Its roots date back to 1140 when Archbishop Absalon established
the Cistercian monastery of Sorø amid the lakes and forests of central Zealand.
It was originally the school for Danish aristocracy; today it continues to be a center of learning and religion, as a modern local and boarding secondary school, which is open to the public - and in August 2009 opens the new Science Center.

Half the monastery burnt down in the 18th century, but the main conventual church survived, and is an example of Cistercian craftsmanship. It is the third longest church in Denmark, and is one of the first Danish churches built of brick. The Reformation whitewashed the traditional decorations of the church; recently the ancient murals have been uncovered and in part restored. Holberg is buried in the church, as are King Valdemar Atterdag (1340 - 1375) and his father King Christoffer II (1276-1332).

The gatehouse is the oldest inhabited building in Denmark today. It is where Saxo Grammaticus wrote the famous chronicles 'Gesta Danorum', a medieval historical work recounting the early Christian history of Scandinavia.

Other Danes associated with the Academy include 19th century painters Frederik Vermehren and Christen Dalsgaard, writer Hans Christian Andersen, and sculptor Johannes Wiedewelt who created the monument to Holberg in the Academy chapel.

Town of Sorø ! (wiki) - Welcome to Sorø (Brochure pdf) - - to the Right... - Klosterporten SORØ

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Taken in: Danmark / Sjælland / Sorø (show map)

Taken on: October 10, 2008

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