page_title: The Glaucus Block
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: The Glaucus Block / Location
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Gamla stan: kvarteren Apollo, Luna, Callisto, Glaucus
context_page_description: The Glaucus block is a block located by Skeppsbron, in Gamla stan in central Stockholm. The block includes the leftovers of S:t Johanneskyrkan, a monastery from the 1500s that belonged to Knights Hospitaller. Towards Skeppsbron lies two culture-historically valuable buildings from the 1600s, Brandenburgska huset and Hebbeska huset.
context_section_description: The blocks east side faces Skeppsbron and the west side towards Österlånggatan. North of the block lies Gaffelgränd and Pelikansgränd and to the south lies Johannesgränd.
  The block was founded the year 1729 and at that time it had 8 buildings (East 114, East 115, East 116, East 117, East 118, East 119, East 120, and East 121). Lundgrens map from 1885 reports 7 buildings, which are marked with Roman numerals (Glaucus I-VII). Today, the block has 5 buildings, Glaucus 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.
caption: The block Glaucus location in Gamla stan. Skeppsbron to the right. The map is from 1885, but the street network hasn't changed. However, most of the street names are written in two words (which is very rare in the Swedish language), for example Gaffel gränd instead of Gaffelgränd.
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