On the shore of Lårstaviken, Wiks slott is a late-medieval fortified manor reshaped by seventeenth-century rebuilding and a nineteenth-century romantic restoration. Its stone-and-brick tower, parkland and long life as a school and regional public institution make it a layered heritage site southwest of Uppsala.
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- The estate is documented from the thirteenth century; the present castle was probably built in the fifteenth century, though its patron and exact date are uncertain.
- In 1521, Knut Nilsson Rönnow defended Wik against Gustav Vasa’s forces for nearly twelve months, according to Uppsala Municipality’s heritage account.
- Region Uppsala bought the castle in 1923; a folk high school moved to the site in 1926.
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