{"id":1739,"date":"2014-02-21T17:59:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/?post_type=plats&#038;p=1739"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:56:52","slug":"simtuna-church","status":"publish","type":"plats","link":"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/en\/plats\/simtuna-kyrka\/","title":{"rendered":"Simtuna church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Simtuna church is right next to the roaring road 70, but already when you walk over the cemetery with its resident cypresses, the calm and silence are found.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the church began in the 13th century, but many later periods have left their mark. Inside the church there are vault paintings from the 1460s by the so-called \u00c4rentuna master.<\/p>\n<p>The church is newly renovated and re-opened in 2011.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.fjardhundraland.se\\\/en\\\/plats\\\/simtuna-kyrka\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:66652000}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 394px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"394\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 264px; height: 394px;\" data-original-width=\"264\" data-original-height=\"394\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/en\/plats\/simtuna-kyrka\/attachment\/simtuna-kyrka-2-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"260\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"390\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Simtuna-kyrka-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1333,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Simtuna kyrka\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Simtuna-kyrka-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Simtuna-kyrka-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Simtuna-kyrka-2.jpg?w=260&#038;h=390&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"260\" height=\"390\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"260\" data-original-height=\"390\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Simtuna church\" alt=\"Simtuna church\" style=\"width: 260px; height: 390px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Simtuna church <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 236px; height: 394px;\" data-original-width=\"236\" data-original-height=\"394\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/en\/plats\/simtuna-kyrka\/attachment\/skolavslutning-9-an-ville\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"232\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"154\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4959\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1663\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"simtuna2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna2.jpg?w=232&#038;h=154&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"232\" height=\"154\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"232\" data-original-height=\"154\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"simtuna2\" alt=\"Simtuna church\" style=\"width: 232px; height: 154px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Simtuna church <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/en\/plats\/simtuna-kyrka\/attachment\/simtuna\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"232\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"232\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4960\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,2500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Simtuna\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna.jpg?w=232&#038;h=232&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/simtuna-800x800.jpg 800w\" width=\"232\" height=\"232\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"232\" data-original-height=\"232\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Simtuna\" alt=\"Lime painting in the Simtuna church\" style=\"width: 232px; height: 232px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Lime painting in the Simtuna church <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction of the church began in the 13th century, but many later periods have left their mark. 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