UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hanseatic Town of Visby

A remarkably preserved medieval walled town on Gotland.

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.

Country
Sweden
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
1995
UNESCO reference
731
Area
104.3 ha

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