Saba Abbot´s
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Saba Abbey in Julita
   
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A Cistercian Order Abbey (1180 - 1527)
The first
known owner of the Julita Estate was the son of Erik the Holy, king
Knut Eriksson.
In 1180 he gave the estate over to the Cistercian Order.
An abbey, Saba, was founded where the manor is now.
In 1527 the manor once more became a royal estage.
Mathias Palbitzki, owner 1662-1677, was also owner of an other welknown "cistercian" estage in Sweden - Alvastra.
The estate was aquired by The Nordic Museum (national historical museum) in 1943.
Excavations and documentations of the old Cistercian abbey have been made 1971-74 and in the 1990ths.
It begun with the Abbey..
The rich agricultural period in Julita begun in the 12th century when the Cistercian abbey was founded . The monestary became a center of cultural, social and agricultural development in this part of Sweden.
...and became:
The National Agricultural Museum of Sweden, the center of agricultural history.
To read:
(In swedish)
"Julita kloster"
Nils Sundquist
Nordiska museets och Skansens årsbok Fataburen 1951