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    Birger Jarls torn (Swedish for Birger Jarl's Tower) is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of Riddarholmen, an islet in Gamla Stan, the old town...
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    him including the street Birger Jarlsgatan on Norrmalm and the tower Birger Jarls torn on Riddarholmen. The Hotel Birger Jarl is located in Stockholm's...
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    altered. The leftmost is Birger Jarls torn located in the north-western corner of the islet and erroneously named after Birger Jarl, by tradition attributed...
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    List of streets and squares in Gamla stan Riddarholmsbron Hebbes Bro Birger Jarls torn Mårtelius, Johan (1999). "Södra innerstaden". In Olof Hultin (ed.)...
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    durable materials than other buildings from that period. Birger Jarls torn (The Tower Of Birger Jarl) was considered the oldest building in the entire city...
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    constructed on Gråmunkeholmen (present-day Riddarholmen). From that era, Birger Jarls torn still remains. During the Middle Ages, the "fortress" of Stockholm...
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    today central Stockholm. According to a 17th-century myth, the tower Birger Jarls torn, often and erroneously said to be the oldest building in Stockholm...
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    Cathedral St. John's Church Stockholm Mosque Storkyrkan Admiralty House Birger Jarls torn Bofills båge Central Post Office Building Ericsson Globe Gamla Riksarkivet...
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    walls. The stones from the nunnery were used to build the Birger Jarls torn (Birger Jarl's Tower). Present-day Klara Church in Stockholm lies on the same...
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    millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is...
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