- Vittskövle Church
Vittskövle Church (in Swedish: "Vittskövle kyrka", in Danish: "Vidskøvle kirke") is a church in
Kristianstad Municipality ,Skåne ,Lund Diocese ,Sweden .The church was originally built during the 12th or 13th century. In the 15th century a
chapel was built in the north. The chapel was dedicated toSaint Anne .The vaults were built in the 15th century withmural painting s from the 1480s, showing stories fromGenesis . These were later painted over, but again restored in the 20th century.In the
chancel , the legend ofSaint Nicholas has been depicted. In Saint Annes chapel there are the symbols of the evangelists, as well as the four female medieval saints:Saint Barbara ,Saint Ursula ,Saint Gertrude andSaint Catherine .The tower was built in the 16th century.
In the 17th century a grave chapel was built for the
Barnekow family in the south.The
baptismal font is medieval.
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