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| Glimmingehus | |
|---|---|
| Simrishamn Municipality | |
 Glimmingehus | |
  Glimmingehus  Glimmingehus | |
| Coordinates | 55°30′04″N 14°13′52″E / 55.501111°N 14.231111°E |
| Type | Stronghold |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Swedish National Heritage Board |
| Open to the public | Yes |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1499 |
Glimmingehus is a medieval era castle located at Simrishamn Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden. It is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499–1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, and contains many defensive arrangements of the era, such as parapets, false doors and dead-end corridors, 'murder-holes' for pouring boiling pitch over the attackers, moats, drawbridges and various other forms of death traps to surprise trespassers and protect the nobles against peasant uprisings. The lower part of the castle's stone walls are 2.4 meters (94 inches) thick and the upper part 1.8 meters (71 inches).[1]
- ^ Åkesson, Sylve. "Skånska slott och herresäten:Glimmingehus" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2010-04-03. Retrieved 2009-01-22.