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The gatehouse was completed in two stages, the first in the 1160s and the second in about 1200. It guarded the entrance to the grounds of Sorø Abbey, then surrounded by a wall. It faced the town centre of Sorø, just south of its marketplace. Few outsiders, and never any women, were afforded access to
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The gatehouses still contains a residence for one of the teachers at Sorø Academy, making it the oldest inhabited building in
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240:References
184:Sorø Abbey
156:Abbey Gate
137:Sorø Abbey
92:11°33′21″E
89:55°25′52″N
125:Completed
300:Category
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194:History
180:Absalon
172:Denmark
128:C. 1200
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