Clemenstorget
Clemenstorget is a public square in Lund, Sweden. It is located about 100 metres to the northeast of Lund Central railway station and is one of the largest squares in the city. Clemenstorget is known for its market activity, most of all flea markets.
History
[edit]The square was founded in the 1890s and was originally called Clementstorget (the name was changed in 1923).[1] Several houses were built around the square, including imposing stone houses on the north and east sides of the square. On the west side of the square is the customs house, now used for auctions, and there has been a pedestrian bridge over the railway station since 1997.
The municipality of Lund planned a rectangular zoning plan to the east of the square in the late 19th century, which was never built. Instead the Spoletorp area was built to the north of the square, which is an example of a well-preserved lush stone house block from the early 20th century. The stone house planned to the northeast opposite the All Saints Church were never built, instead the Lindeberg school and the Ribbing sanatorium were built in a lush and respected park milieu. There later was discussion about a "renovation plan" for the square, whose result was that all houses in the area, except for one Art Nouveau building on the south side of the square from 1900 were preserved. A warehouse and office build was built in the place of this building from 1975 to 1997, and this building now significantly dominates the area around the square.
All sides of the square, except for the east side, have later received frequent traffic from the city and regional buses, as the Lund Central Station is located right next to the square.
On 5 April 2003 the sculpture Eos, den rosenfingrade by Staffan Niblén was built near the pool in the middle of the square.[2] The sculpture was later removed in June 2017 because the square was being renovated for the Lund tramway.[3][4] In spring 2017 eight trees were moved to Brunnshög to make way for the tram line.[5][6] The sculpture Eos was moved back to the square, at a new place, on 4 December 2020.[7]
The central terminus of the Lund tramway, called Lund C, is located diagonally across the square.[8]
Sources
[edit]- Clemenstorget at the website of the municipality of Lund
References
[edit]- ^ Pamp, Bengt: Från Gödelöv till Östen Undéns gata, annual of the Gamla Lund association 1998, ISSN 1401-8063, p. 45.
- ^ Solskenet välkomnade Eos, Sydsvenskan 6 April 2003.
- ^ Nu kickar arbetet med nya Clemenstorget igång, Sydsvenskan 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Tårna" har lämnat Clemenstorget, Spårväg Lund 8 June 2017.
- ^ Nu flyttas åtta av Clemenstorgets träd till Brunnshög, municipality of Lund 6 March 2017.
- ^ Flytt av Clemenstorgets träd framflyttad till v. 12, municipality of Lund 14 March 2017.
- ^ Stierna, Joakim: "Tårna" på plats på torget igen, Skånska Dagbladet 4 December 2020. Accessed on 17 June 2023.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201212153952/https://sparvaglund.se/ Accessed on 2 February 2020.
External links
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Media related to Clemenstorget at Wikimedia Commons
