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Bergkvara Castle is a castle in Sweden. Described in the Nordisk familjebok as "one of Sweden's oldest mansions, located at a lake of the same name, in Värend, Bergunda and Öjaby parishes, Kinnevalds district and Kronoberg County, 6 km. west of Växjö". 〔 〕 Bergkvara was an "ornamental landscape" whose residence was rebuilt as a tower house in the 1470s. The tower house was originally surrounded by two moats, serving as a system of defense. In the late 17th Century, the inner moat had been partly filled and served as a fishpond while the outer moat served more as a ditch marking the limit of the castle bailey. By this time the residence had moved to the outer moat, as the tower house had lost its original function. 〔 〕 The moats are thought to be medieval, while the reconstructed residence dates from at least the 16th Century. In total, "Bergkvara was a residence for noblemen from the fifteenth century until the 1580s. Thereafter it functioned as a manor for absent noblemen who never resided here and seem to have visited Bergkvara very seldom." 〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bergkvara Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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