A picture a day from around the world, all taken by me, D.J.Z.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Uppsala, Sweden
Sweden has more runestones than any other country. They date to the Viking Age, and many were used to mark grave sites. With the arrival of Christianity in Scandinavia, however, the runic alphabet was replaced with the the Latin alphabet. [1984]
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