Munkbrogatan
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Munkbrogatan (Swedish: "Monk's Bridge Street") is a street in the west part of Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching south between the squares Munkbron and Mälartorget, it forms a parallel street to Munkbroleden and Lilla Nygatan, crossed by Yxsmedsgränd, Kåkbrinken, and Schönfeldts Gränd.
Named after the square in the northern end, in its turned named after the Greyfriars abbey once located on Riddarholmen, the street is together with the neighbourhood a product of a reconstructing of the western part of the old town following a major fire in the 17th century. It appears in historical records as Munkbrohamnsgatan ("Munkbro Harbour Street") in 1664 and under its present name in 1691.[1]
The street paving was cobbled in 2003-2005, thus replacing the asphalt of the roadway and the concrete slabs of the pavements.[2]
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- ^ (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed. (in Swedish), Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 60-61. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
- ^ Byte av beläggning och belysning på Munkbrogatan, Stora Nygatan och Lilla Nygatan i Gamla stan. Genomförandebeslut. (Swedish). Stockholms gatu- och fastighetskontor (2002-03-21). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
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