🏛️ Hanseatic Town of Visby

Sweden · Europe · Cultural · 57.64°N, 18.30°E

Visby 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. Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Scandinavia, and, since 1995, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Among the most notable historical remains are the 3.4 km (2.1 mi) long town wall that encircles the town center, and a number of church ruins and its small decorative alleyways. The decline as a Hanseatic city in the Late Middle Ages was the cause for many stone houses being preserved in their original medieval style.

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Quick facts

Country	Sweden
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	57.64°N, 18.30°E · view on map

Hanseatic Town of Visby is a cultural World Heritage site in Sweden, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Hanseatic Town of Visby was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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