Friday, September 18, 2009


Vasamuseet Vasa is a Swedish warship of the early seventeenth century. Sank near the harbor on its maiden voyage, as the Titanic caused a great commotion in the national society at the time. Built by the determination of sovereign, with the challenge of building the most powerful warship of its time, its 3 main poles amounted to more than 50 meters tall, bearing a dozen candles, was equipped with 66 pieces architecture of various sizes, beautifully decorated with sculptures carved in wood. The team was 50 workers. On August 10, 1628 minutes after loose irons for its maiden voyage, fully loaded, began to leak water, still sinking in the harbor, an incident that shamed the country. 333 years later in the decade of the 50th century, the ship was found immersed in the iodine in the bottom of the harbor, which has the virtue of converting relatively intact structure of the vessel. Thus began one of the most important rescue work of our time. Visitors to Vasamuseet can observe the various aspects of construction, rescue, cleaning, preservation and restoration of the vessel, as well as aspects of daily lives in Sweden in the early seventeenth century. The author of the ransom is Anders fraben the suporvisor was Dutch Henrik Hybertsson, the number of people for the reconstruction is 400 people. The location of the fine museum on the island of Djurgården, the right of the bridge Djugårdendenstion in the capital, Stockholm. The ship Vasa has 95% of the hull restored.

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