Vreta Abbey
Ruins · Sweden
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1100
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 58.482, 15.518
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Vreta Abbey, in operation from the beginning of the 12th century to 1582, was the first nunnery in Sweden, initially Benedictine and later Cistercian, and one of the oldest in Scandinavia. It was located in the present-day municipality of Linköping in Östergötland.