Last week I went on another excursion to Malmö with my anthropology class. The walk was a little more interesting than the one to Copenhagen, we got to see some more buildings. The picture above is of the chapel in the Cathedral in Malmö. It is preserved as it was during the middle ages.
I think that this was the home of the mayor or some high ranking political official in Malmö. The wooden doors in the upper floors were used to store grain and goods, pulled up by some type of crane.
This is a family seal that is on one of the oldest buildings in Malmö. It is interesting because apparently for a large part of the middle ages, the woman didn't take her husband's family name. So this represents the family crests of both the husband and wife who lived in this house. They were wealthy merchants, but the text above the crests talks about how everyone is the same in death. Hence the skull in the middle of the text. They seemed to understand that wealth isn't everything.
The red building in the background is the Malmö train station. The river, as you can see, is just barely starting to melt. We walked along the river for most of our walking tour.
Last week I went on another excursion to Malmö with my anthropology class. The walk was a little more interesting than the one to Copenhagen, we got to see some more buildings. The picture above is of the chapel in the Cathedral in Malmö. It is preserved as it was during the middle ages.
I think that this was the home of the mayor or some high ranking political official in Malmö. The wooden doors in the upper floors were used to store grain and goods, pulled up by some type of crane.
This is a family seal that is on one of the oldest buildings in Malmö. It is interesting because apparently for a large part of the middle ages, the woman didn't take her husband's family name. So this represents the family crests of both the husband and wife who lived in this house. They were wealthy merchants, but the text above the crests talks about how everyone is the same in death. Hence the skull in the middle of the text. They seemed to understand that wealth isn't everything.
The red building in the background is the Malmö train station. The river, as you can see, is just barely starting to melt. We walked along the river for most of our walking tour.
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