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SWEDEN

Visby

Visby has been a Unesco World Heritage Site  since 1995. It is located on the island of Gotland in the Baltic. It is just 28 miles from Stockholm. Swedish since 1645. Previously it was a centre of World Trade during the Viking period. It has one of best preserved medieval walls in Europe A walled city with 29 big groundtowers. You can still see 27. Also 9 sadeltowers are still erect. These stand between the ground towers.

 

Picture from the website of Göran Andersson Do please take a look. There is much more information. 

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