Falköping
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Svenska: Falköping är en stad i Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Staden är unik med sina många megalitgravar från bondestenåldern.
English: Falköping is a town in the province of Västergötland, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. The town is unique by its many megalithic graves from the Neolithic.
Maps and views
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Map of the town in 1696.
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Map of the town in 1902.
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Modern map of the town.
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Idealised view over Falköping in the 17th century.
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View over Falköping seen from the Mösseberg viewing tower.
Falbygdens museum
[edit]The Falbygdens museum is a museum in Falköping.
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The main building of the museum.
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A Mesolithic dog skeleton from Almeö at the lake Hornborgasjön shown in the permanent exhibition.
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The skull of the so-called Raspberry girl - A Neolithic skeleton that was found in 1943 in a peatbog in Luttra parish south of Falköping.
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Detail of a copy of Ållebergskragen (i.e. "The golden collar of Ålleberg") from the Migration period.
Archaeological monuments in Falköping
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The Middle Neolithic passage grave Kyrkerör.
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The Middle Neolithic passage grave Hjälmarsrör.
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The Middle Neolithic passage grave Gläshall.
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The Late Neolithic gallery grave at Nästegården.
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The cup marks on the stone Ballersten.
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The burial mound Trinnöja.
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The burial mound Stora Tingshögen.