Grobiņa
Grobiņa | |
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Town | |
UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | LV-3430 |
Calling code | +371 634 |
Number of city council members | 9 |
Website | www |
Grobiņa (
During the
The settlement at Grobin was excavated by
In one grave a picture-stone or stele depicting two duck-like birds was found in 1987. Such picture-stones are otherwise unique to Gotland. From its style it can be dated to the second half of 7th century. The weathered surface of one side contains refined carvings – inside the ring of ornaments there are two waterbirds; their beaks meet. Several hundreds of such picture stones (Swedish: bildsten) have been found in Gotland.[5]
In the early years of the 9th century female graves at Grobin become scarce. Later graves are those of seafaring Scandinavian males.[6]
Destruction
The Norsemen may have remained in control of Grobin until the mid-9th century, when – as
Nerman's excavations at the ancient fort of Apulia corroborated the account of Vita Ansgari. He found evidence of a large-scale conflict in the 9th century, notably large concentrations of Swedish arrowheads near the walls of the derelict Curonian fortress.
Gallery
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Grobiņa town hall
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Saint Bridget Roman Catholic church in Grobiņa
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Grobiņa Castle ruins
Further reading
- B. Nerman. Grobin-Seeburg, Ausgrabungen und Funde. Stockholm, 1958. [ISBN missing]
References
- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Francis Donald Logan. The Vikings in History (Routledge 1992), p. 182. [ISBN missing]
- ^ Robert Ferguson, The Hammer and the Cross: A new history of the Vikings (2009), pp. 110–111.[ISBN missing]
- ^ "Priediens Scandinavian barrow cemetery".
- ^ Robert Ferguson, The Hammer and the Cross: A new history of the Vikings (2009), p. 111. [ISBN missing]
- ^ Rimbert: Life of Anskar, the Apostle of the North, 801–865, chapter 30.[ISBN missing]