Temple at Uppsala
The Temple at Uppsala was a Temple in Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), near modern Uppsala, Sweden created to worship the Norse Gods of ancient times. The temple is only sparsely documented. A location outside Uppsala known as Gamla Uppsala with three large Iron Age mounds is generally considered to be the location of the temple.
When Olof Skötkonung had been baptised he wanted to have it destroyed. However, it was probably destroyed in 1080, during the battles between pretenders of the old, let by Blot-Sweyn, and the new faith, led by Ingold I.
The new cathedral of the Swedish archbishopric was constructed on the site, and during an excavation of the church the remains of a wooden construction was found.
The area also has a vast grave field that once comprised 2000-3000 mounds, and the remains of the houses of the Swedish kings. Since the Iron age, the area has always been the property of either the Swedish king or the Swedish state. There is a museum and a restaurant where visitors can drink mead from horns.
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