Lund is a remarkable city with a rich medieval culture that dates back to the period 1000-1350 A.D. The Drotten Church is located on Lund’s Kattensund and is the ruins of the church that was once active. The ruins were excavated in 1984 and 1985. The church is now open to the public and attracts several tourists all through the year.
The remarkable church is in its ruins. The word Drotten means the ‘supreme ruler’. The church belonged to Denmark when the province of Scania was a part of it. In 1658, the part ceded formally to Sweden and the church became a part of the beautiful city of Lund.
The church was active for several hundreds of years in the southern Swedish city of Lund. The church has undergone many transformations from being a stave church to stone church. The transition to stone building has made the church compete in architecture with the Cathedral in Lund.
Although the site is open to public, the ruins of the church are preserved in an underground museum that is closed to the public. There are efforts being taken to make the ruins accessible to general public once again, with the development of Virtual Environments.
