Alvastra

{{short description |Village in Östergötland County, Sweden}} [[Image:Suecia 3-012 ; Alvastra.jpg|thumb|280px|Alvastra as it looked in Suecia antiqua et hodierna, around 1700.]]

'''Alvastra''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈâlːˌvasːtra|-|sv-Alvastra.ogg}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0008.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=4}}</ref> is a small village in Ödeshög Municipality in eastern Sweden. It is known for being the seat of the Cistercian Alvastra Abbey in the Middle Ages, established in 1143 by French monks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitostergotland.se/en/Odeshog/products/145059/Alvastra-klosterruin/|title=Alvastra klosterruin|publisher=Visitostergotland.se|accessdate=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623182728/http://www.visitostergotland.se/en/Odeshog/products/145059/Alvastra-klosterruin/|archive-date=23 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the Reformation in Sweden in the 1530s, the monastery was demolished, never to be rebuilt.

The Alvastra monastery ruin is today well preserved and popular place to visit.

==See also== *Alvastra pile-dwelling

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Ödeshög Municipality