Källargränd

Källargränd

Källargränd (Swedish: "Basement Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Slottsbacken, the slope south of the Royal Palace, to the square Stortorget. It forms a parallel street to Trångsund and is intercepted by Trädgårdsgatan.

The alley is named after the former tavern "Storkällaren" ("Great basement"), in its turn named after the vicinity to the cathedral Storkyrkan. The tavern was located under the town house, where the present Stock Exchange Building is found. The town hall was relocated to the Bonde Palace at Riddarhustorget in 1730, and when the old building was demolished in 1767, the tavern moved to Svartmangatan. The name of the alley survived in various forms: ""Stora Källaregränden", "St. Källarbrinken" (1733), "Stora Kiällare-Gränden" (1740), "Källar-Gränd" (1855).cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn | language = Swedish
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 57-58 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan] Together with the inauguration of the stock exchange a new tavern was opened, which remained in business until 1906.cite book | language = Swedish
title = Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen | pages = 46
author = Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase | chapter = Inre Stadsholmen
edition = 3rd ed. | year = 1988 | id = ISBN 91 7160 823 0
publisher = Bokförlaget Trevi | location = Stockholm]

The Swedish Academy and the Nobel Library are on number 4.

Two sandstone sculptures, "Hoppet" ("Hope") and "Försiktighet" ("Guardedness") by Kortz Daniel from 1702 are located in the alley.cite web
title = Konsten i Gamla stan | publisher = City of Stockholm | date =
url = http://www.stockholm.se/Extern/Templates/Page.aspx?id=112004
accessdate = 2007-02-23]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

* [http://www.svenskaakademien.se/LitiumInformation/site/page.asp?Page=3 The Swedish Academy] en icon
* [http://www.nobelbiblioteket.se/LitiumInformation/site/page.asp?Page=8 The Nobel library] en icon


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