Around Vadstena
Saturday, October 24th, 2009The Sancta Birgitta Klostermuseet is in Bjalboattens Palats, and tells the story of St Birgitta’s rollercoaster life and those of all her saint and sinner children. It contains the coffin that she was brought back from Rome in, and there are realistic waxworks in the old nuns’ cells. ‘Of plain construction, humble and strong’, Klosterkyrkan was built in response to one of St Birgitta’s visions. After the church’s consecration in 1430, Vadstena became the top pilgrimage site in Sweden – a trend which is being revived today. Inside are medieval sculptures and some interesting carved floor slabs. The old courthouse radhus, on the town square, and Rodtornet both date from late medieval times.
