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Visby City Wall (Swedish: Visby ringmur, "Visby Ring Wall", sometimes Visby stadsmur, "Visby City Wall") is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish town of Visby on the island of Gotland. As the strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia , the wall forms an important and integral part of Visby ...
The rich interiors of the palace reflect the fact that Sweden was one of the strongest powers in 17th century Europe. The architecture of the ensemble was influenced by the Palace of Versailles. [6] Birka and Hovgården: Stockholm: 1993 555; iii, iv (cultural) The two sites make up an architectural complex from the Viking Age. Birka was an ...
Visby (Swedish: [ˈvǐːsbʏ] ⓘ) is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants as of 2017. [2]
In Sweden, the name Almedalen is generally associated with the Almedalen Week, an annual event in Visby which is an important meeting place for everyone involved in Swedish politics. During the week, which takes place during the 27th week of every year, representatives from the major political parties in Sweden take turns giving speeches in the ...
Visby Cathedral was originally built as the church of the German traders in Visby. [132] After the Reformation, it became the only church of Visby; the many other churches of the city were left to decay. In 1572, when the Diocese of Visby was created, it became a cathedral. The oldest parts of the church are from the 12th century.
As the municipality is the only one in Sweden with both local and regional functions, ... Visby A7/Östra Vi 2,382 1,874 61.3 37.8 80 90 10 25,127 49 Visby Bingeby
All monasteries were abolished and all churches within the city walls except one (present-day Visby Cathedral) were abandoned and left to decay. During the following centuries, some church ruins were used as quarries. In 1805 the church ruins were protected by law and in 1863 the Swedish state for the first time allocated money for their ...
The Lummelunda Cave (Swedish: Lummelundagrottan, also known as the Rövarkulan, "The Robbers' Den") is located in a nature reserve at Lummelunda north of Visby on Gotland, Sweden. The explored part of this karst cave is almost 4.5 km (2.8 mi), making it one of the longest caves