http://www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/tags/helgalekamensgr%C3%A4nd/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:18:43 -0800 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:18:43 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/buddyicons/34288348@N07.jpg?1369088341#34288348@N07 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/tags/helgalekamensgr%C3%A4nd/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/6694687633/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dameboudicca/">DameBoudicca</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/6694687633/" title="As if time stood still"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6694687633_6ce8438931_m.jpg" width="151" height="240" alt="As if time stood still" /></a></p> <p>ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved<br /> Do not use without permission.<br /> <br /> A look into Helga lekamens gränd (Lit. the Alley of the holy body) in the old town (Gamla stan) in Stockholm.<br /> <br /> The name is first mentioned (in writing) in 1505 - then called Helge lycama grendh. The name derives from Helga Lekamens gille (the guild of the holy body) - the biggest guild in Sweden in the middle ages. The name of the alley was later simplified into Lekamegränden (the body alley (!)), and in 1722 it changed completely to Lilla Gråmunkegränd (Smaller Greyfriars Alley - being a parallel street to Stora Gråmunkegränd, Greater Greyfriars Alley). 1922 the name was changed back to the original one.</p> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:18:43 -0800 2011-02-23T23:18:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (DameBoudicca) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6694687633 59.325445 18.06887 59.325445 18.06887 902412 As if time stood still <p>ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved<br /> Do not use without permission.<br /> <br /> A look into Helga lekamens gränd (Lit. the Alley of the holy body) in the old town (Gamla stan) in Stockholm.<br /> <br /> The name is first mentioned (in writing) in 1505 - then called Helge lycama grendh. The name derives from Helga Lekamens gille (the guild of the holy body) - the biggest guild in Sweden in the middle ages. The name of the alley was later simplified into Lekamegränden (the body alley (!)), and in 1722 it changed completely to Lilla Gråmunkegränd (Smaller Greyfriars Alley - being a parallel street to Stora Gråmunkegränd, Greater Greyfriars Alley). 1922 the name was changed back to the original one.</p> DameBoudicca lamp lampe alley streetlight sweden stockholm schweden lampa gamlastan sverige ruelle altstadt vicolo oldtown narrow suecia lámpara illuminazione luminaire callejón suède vieilleville svezia gränd réverbère ciudadvieja alumbradopúblico gatlykta strasenbeleuchtung helgalekamensgränd holybody helgelycamagrendh helgalekamen lekamegränden lillagråmunkegränd