Ystad - Cloister Garden, Preserved Homes,

Gamla Stan, the old town, still boasts hundreds of historic half-timbered houses, some 300 scattered, and many on Ostergatan (gatan means "street" we concluded). Some sag here, but are buttressed up there, and look well-preserved. The oldest is said to date from 1630, but most are 1700's says an old Frommer.

Half-timber house, Ystad, Sweden

Prince Carl lived here, the Crown Prince - he was born in 1826, and stayed until he became king in 1859.  He is better known as King Charles XV.

Ystad, Sweden: Museum, Crown Prince Carl (crowned  King Charles XV in 1856)

Crown Prince Carl, residence as a child, Ystad, Sweden

St. Maria's Church.  This was a cloister until the 16th Century, then came the Reformation. 

St. Maria's Church, Ystad, Sweden

Many buildings have the stair-step roof, but they vary in pitch, how many steps up, and the design of windows and patterns below.  This one, to the right of the Church, is not the Grayfriars' Monastery, but also looks too small to be the Latin School, or the Brahehuset. Could be the Latin School.

Cloister Garden, St. Maria's Church, Ystad, Sweden

Birdbath indentation, Cloister Garden seating, St. Maria's Church, Ystad, Sweden