Bonde Palace

The Bonde Palace (Swedish: Bondeska palatset) is a palace in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Located between the House of Knights (Riddarhuset) and the Chancellery House (Kanslihuset), it is, arguably, the most prominent monument of the era of the Swedish Empire (1611–1718), originally designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and Jean De la Vallée in 1662-1667 as the private residence of the Lord High Treasurer Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667) it still bears his name, while it accommodated the Stockholm Court House from the 18th century and since 1949 houses the Swedish Supreme Court. On the south side of the building is the street Myntgatan and the square Riddarhustorget, while the alleys Riddarhusgränd and Rådhusgränd are passing on its western and eastern sides.

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Bonde Palace ranks #1,866 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #44 of the 205 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1673, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,849 times in the last 60 days, more than 64% of the atlas. 29 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stockholm, 1 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

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