Sibbesborg was a medieval castle in
Sipoo
Sipoo (; sv, Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. The administrative center of the munic ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. Today, only some earth walls remain on the forested hill upon which it stood. The castle was mostly made of bricks and wood in the late 14th century.
[Sibbesborg, the National Board of Antiquities](_blank)
(in Finnish)
Sibbesborg was originally located on an island, but due to the
post-glacial rebound the hill has been firmly connected to the mainland since the 17th century. The site can be accessed on foot.
See also
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Temple of Lemminkäinen
The Temple of Lemminkäinen ( fi, Lemminkäisen temppeli) is a cave in the village of Gumbostrand, located in Sipoo, Finland. It is said to contain an underground temple depicted in ''The Bock Saga'', a collection of stories by Ior Bock: accordin ...
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Former castles in Finland
Buildings and structures in Uusimaa
Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century
14th-century establishments in Finland