Dalköpinge Church, Trelleborg, Sweden

Dalköpinge Church originates from the 1200s. It was built of bricks in Romanesque style. Probably it was built shortly after Trelleborg’s city church in the year 1275. The small tower was added later in the Middle Ages. There are some medieval mural paintings survived in vaults. the altar wall and pulpit were made in the late 1500s. The sandstone font is as old as the church itself.

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Erik Steen (4 years ago)
Lovely attending priest. Very focused and smiling. Small private babtism. We all felt welcome.

T M L (5 years ago)
One of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the country.

Ann-Margreth weiland (6 years ago)
Little nice church

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