Drottningholm castle and drottningholm bridge. The picture shows part of the original on a postcard from upplandia. It is a watercolor engraving by johan fredrik martin, showing a royal procession heading towards lovön over the drottningholm bridge at the opening ceremony on 19 august 1787. Bengt-olof wennerberg in brommaboken 1987, the year when it was two hundred years since the opening of the drottningholm bridge, says that the main reason for the engraving showing the opening ceremonies is that it is a sparse, but still significant crowd spectators in the picture. "it should be borne in mind that events of this nature were not, as nowadays, known in advance by the common people. In any case, this is probably the oldest and most life-like picture of the outermost of the three bridges which on this august day two hundred years ago completed the road connection between the capital and the castle on lovön. ". Date: circa 1800.
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