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visby


states: [sweden]

category: cultural

year: 1995

location: Island region of Gotland

region: Europe and North America

latitude/longitude: 57.6416700000, 18.2958300000

Visby

A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' dwellings from the same period make it the best-preserved fortified commercial city in northern Europe.

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