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|location image = [http[File://enknightzone.wikipediajpg|350px]]|imagetext = View of the City Hall from Riddarholmen.org/wiki/Riddarholmen Riddarholmen<br>Photo: [[User: Jockatim|Jockatim]], |symbol = [[StockholmFile: Zontyp06.png|60px]], |symboltext = [[SwedenMonument zone]]|image difficulty = [[File:knightzoneDifficulty1.jpgpng|90px]]|location = [[Municipality: Stockholm|Stockholm]], [[Region: Stockholm|Stockholm]], [[Country: Sweden|350pxSweden]]|terrain surface = [[StreetPaving stone]],[[StairsConcrete|Concrete slabs]]|created = 20112010-0907-0921|trivia =
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A '''KnightZone''' is a [[turf zone on ]] in the island [[municipality]] of Riddarholmen [[Municipality: Stockholm|Stockholm]] in the [[region]] of [[Region: Stockholm|Stockholm]] in [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]] and is counted as a [[monument zone]].
==LocationPlacement ==The This [[monument zone ]] is located along the waterfront , on Evert Taubes Terrace, on the west side of the island of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarholmen Riddarholmen], in central [[Stockholm]]. You have to take a few steps down from the street level. The zone has a view towards [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarfj%C3%A4rden Riddarfjärden] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Hall City Hall]. On the northern edge of the zone, there is a statue of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evert_Taube Evert Taube].
==ReferencesEvert Taube's Terrace =='''Evert Taube's terrace''' is a stone-paved place on western [httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarholmen Wikipedia about Riddarholmen]in [[Stockholm]]. The terrace is located between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangel_Palace Wrangel Palace] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarfj%C3%A4rden Riddarfjärden] and forms part of Norra Riddarholmshamnen. Evert Taube's terrace has housed Taube's statue, sculpted by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Gordon Willy Gordon] since 1990.
Evert Taube's terrace was laid out in the early 1960s and was named in 1983 after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour troubadour] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evert_Taube Evert Taube]. In 1990, to commemorate the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Taube's birth, a bronze sculpture of Willy Gordon, depicting Evert Taube, wearing a sombrero and poncho, was erected. In one hand he holds his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_lute Swedish lute], with the other he shows over Riddarfjärden and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dermalm Södermalm], where he lived. Behind him rises [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Hall Stockholm City Hall]. The sculpture was a gift from the ''Friends of the Evert Taube Society''. The plinth is carved from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite granite] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinga_(Gothenburg) Vinga], Taube's birthplace. At the southwestern part of the terrace is the sculpture "Solbåten" by the sculptor Christian Berg, erected in 1966.<ref>[https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evert_Taubes_terrass Wikipedia in Swedish]</ref> == Zone Issues ==* 2016-11-07 [https://issues.turfgame.com/view/5014 Issue #5014] posted by [[User: ~Sisyfos~|~Sisyfos~]] with the title: ''Saknar Monument status.'' (English: ''Missing Monument status.'') == Nearby zones ==* [[Zone: CentralbroN|CentralbroN]] [[File: Zontyp09.png|18px]] (in the north)* [[Zone: Normalhöjden|Normalhöjden]] (in the northeast)* [[Zone: Riddarhuset|Riddarhuset]] (in the East)* [[Zone: RiddarSyd|RiddarSyd]] (in the southeast) == Gallery ==<gallery mode="packed">Zon KnightZone-05.jpg‎|Evert Taube's Terrace in winter.<br>Photo: [[User: Peterspirea|Peterspirea]]Zon KnightZone-06.jpg‎|The sculpture "Solbåten" in winter.<br>Photo: [[User: Bäckagubben|Bäckagubben]]Zon KnightZone-07.jpg‎|Stockholm City Hall.<br>Photo: [[User: Bäckagubben|Bäckagubben]]Zon KnightZone-08.jpg‎|Evert Taube's Terrace.<br>Photo: [[User: LeiLar|LeiLar]]Zon KnightZone-09.jpg‎|The sculpture "Solbåten" with Stockholm City Hall in the background.<br>Photo: [[User: svenmuenchen|svenmuenchen]]</gallery> <gallery mode="packed" heights=240px>Zon KnightZone-02.jpg‎|Stockholm City Hall.<br>Photo: [[User: Celtikcross|Celtikcross]]Zon KnightZone-03.jpg‎|Evert Taube's statue.<br>Photo: [[User: k_tjing|k_tjing]]Zon KnightZone-04.jpg‎|The sculpture "Solbåten".<br>Photo: [[User: Hjulpynt|Hjulpynt]]</gallery> == External links ==* [https://warded.se/turf/zones.php?zone=KnightZone KnightZone (Warded)]* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarholmen Riddarholmen (Wikipedia)] == References == [[Category:StockholmZones]][[Category: Monument Zones]][[Category:Sweden]][[Category:MonumentStockholm]][[Category: 2010]] [[sv:Zon:KnightZone]]
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