Södra Bankogränd

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Södra Bankgränd in February 2007.

Södra Bankogränd (Swedish: "Southern Bank Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan and Järntorget.

Old names: Banco-gränden (1729), Södra Bancogränd (1733)
Parallel streets: Norra Bankogränd, Norra Dryckesgränd
Crossing streets: Skeppsbron, Järntorget

The alley is passing south of the Bank of Sweden Building constructed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615-1684) during the period 1666-1682. The part of the building facing Skeppsbron was rebuilt later and when the northern bank building was built during the 1770s, a covered bridge over the alley was added. The bank moved to Helgeandsholmen in 1906.^[1] The cobblestones were renovated in 2001. ^[2]

[edit] References

^ (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 63. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
^ Så gick det 2001. Gatu- och fastighetskontoret (2001). Retrieved on 2007-01-25.