arkona (west slavic citadel-temple of the god svantovit

  • 1Arkona — W. Slavic citadel temple of the war god Svantovit, built in the 9th–10th century AD and destroyed in 1168/69 by Christian Danes when they stormed the island of Rügen in the southwestern Baltic. According to Saxo Grammaticus, it was a log… …

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