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2008-03-30

Piperska Muren

A statue in the park at the Piperska Muren manor house. Piperska Muren comes from the name of Count Carl Piper, who bought the manor in 1694, and the stone wall (mur) that his wife had built in 1702. Count Piper was an advisor to King Charles XII of Sweden. On this page you can see what it looked like in the old days.
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Scheelegatan (map) 28 Jan 2008

8 comments:

yoshi said...

very nice shot!

Olivier said...

la statue est très belle, très poétique et très pudique
The statue is very beautiful, very poetic and very discreet

stromsjo said...

Never been there. The things one doesn't know about one's own city... I agree with Yoshi and Olivier, good shot.

 gmirage said...

Great pose!!!

rc said...

Great way to portrait the statue!

Kiwi said...

Thank's all!

I was a bit surprised to find myself among the statues one day - it was the first time I entered the park. I will definately go back there in the summer time.

Fredrik said...

His relative Carl Piper lives at Högestad, outside Ystad. That's when he's not in his castle, Christinehof...
The connection to the Swedish Royal family is still strong.

Kiwi said...

Fredrik: I love when blogging comes to this! Thanks for informing on the relatives whereabouts!

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