Old Luleå

This location is mentioned in the following paragraphs:

(§477) 'Ranunculus minimus parisiensis' [Creeping Spearwort] was growing on the shore at Old Luleå.

(§479) I left New Luleå at 11 o'clock since there was nothing to be gained there and, as there was no horse to be had in the town, went by sea to Old Luleå 4 miles away.

(§486) 23rd. I went up to the church in Old Luleå. Right by the door I was shown a hole that the old order of monks had made in the stone wall. Its diameter and its depth were of an equal size; it was quite round and its bottom was smoothed off in an egg shape. It was a test that the cathedral chapter used to use to judge the glans penis of men who had been rejected by their wives. In the church I was shown a valuable altar painting and old statues of martyrs with cavities in their heads through which, I was told, water was poured so that tears came out of the eyes as if they were weeping. Also two posts on which there were images that, by means of a suitable arrangement of cords, were supposed to have been able to raise their hands in worship.

(§915) I arrived in the town of Old Luleå in the evening.

Practical data about this location:

• Written: Old Luleå
• GPS (lat,lon): [65.63931, 22.01145]
• Geoname: 606072