Kalmar Castle - Kalmar Slott - Kalmar Sweden

Kalmar Castle – Kalmar Slott _Kalmar Sweden. Today we will visit the beautiful and fantastic Kalmar Castle (Swedish: Kalmar slot), in Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden. It was a beautiful spring day. I would like to point out that all drone footage was filmed according to the Swedish restricted airspace regulations and with the permission of the air traffic control at Kalmar Airport, since the whole area is a controlled and restricted airspace. Towards the end of the video, I have included some photos of what it looks like inside the castle. ------------- Let’s talk a little bit about the history of Kalmar Castle. Around 1180 a round defensive tower was built at Kalmarsund and a harbor constructed on the site where Kalmar Castle now stands. The tower’s purpose was to protect the area from attacks by pirates and other enemies. By the beginning of the 1200s, Kalmar was established as a city. At the end of the thirteenth century King Magnus Ladulås had a new fortress built with a curtain wall, round corner towers and two square gatehouses surrounding the original tower. Located near the site of Kalmar&medieval harbor, it has played a crucial part in Swedish history since its initial construction as a fortified tower in the 12th century. One of the most significant political events in Scandinavia took place at Kalmar Castle in 1397, when the Kalmar Union was formed - a union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (including Finland), organized by Queen Margaret I of Denmark. The union also...