The palace at Örby Slott stands silently and impressively, a testament to a bygone era. Its construction, during the 17th century, was ordered by landshövding Henrik Falkenberg as a show of power and wealth. The two-story timber-framed house, in the Carolingian style, was designed to awe visitors and reinforce the status of its owners. The strategic location, on Örby Slottväg 26, further emphasized its importance. For most of the 1800s and early 1900s, however, the palace stood empty. In 1897, Stockholm city bought the palace and its lands and started the division of the land for the construction of Örby villa city. Today, the palace is protected under the relevant city plan since 1939 and is leased to the Vietnamese embassy in Stockholm since the 1970s.
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Written by Nik Frost
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