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Ulvåsa Castle
Ulvåsa Castle

Ulvåsa is a castle by lake Boren in Östergötland, Sweden. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. Boren, is a Lake in Östergötland, east of Motala, 73 m above sea level Östergötland is a one of the traditional Provinces of Sweden ( landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The construction of the new castle began in the 16th century and it got its present architecture in the early 19th century.

The medieval Ulvåsa was situated next to the new castle. Today, there are ruins left of the manorhouse where St Bridget of Sweden lived most of her life. Birgittas udde (" Birgitta's Point " is situated on the south shore of lake Boren, Motala, Sweden. Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena, born Birgitta Birgersdottir ( 1303


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