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26.06.2020
South Rocks Nature Reserve South Rocks Nature Reserve Södra Hällarna is a natural and open area with steep rocks and rich vegetation. The area is an old military exercise area, where the area is open and many animals and plants will particularly enjoy it. The small alvar-mark ala Öland can be...
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25.06.2020
Museum of Art Gotland Museum of Art Gotland Gotland Art Museum is an art museum on St. Hansgatan in Visby. The Gotland Art Museum was opened in 1988, when Jan Brunius was the director of the first state building of the Gotland school since 1847. The museum is part of the Gotland Museum. The museum's...
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25.06.2020
Visby City Wall The City Wall of Visby is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish city of Visby on the island of Gotland. As the strongest, most extensive and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia, it is an important and integral part of Visby's World Heritage Site. Built in...
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25.06.2020
The ruins of St. Catherine's Church, Visby St. Catherine Church of the ruin , also called Sankta Karin Church of the ruin , is a church building ( ruins ) in Visby in Visby diocese . Originally it was built by the Franciscan order in Visby, founded in 1233 St. Catherine had many patron saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria, St....
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24.06.2020
Gotland Museum The Gotland Museum (formerly known as Länsmuseet på Gotland or Gotlands Fornsal) in Visby, Sweden, is the district museum of Gotland. It was founded by the "Friends of Antiquity Gotland" society in 1875 on the initiative of Per Arvid Xiave. The museum owns several...
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24.06.2020
Visby Cathedral Visby Cathedral is a cathedral in Visby in Sweden. Belonging to Visby Cathedral Parish of the Church of Sweden, it serves the Diocese of Visby. and was inaugurated on 27 July 1225. The Visby Cathedral was built as a church for...
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24.06.2020
Bror Hjorths Hus Bror Hjorths Hus is a museum located in Uppsala, Sweden. The museum is housed in the former studio of sculptor and painter Bror Hjorth (1894–1968). Hjorth's villa was designed by architect Sten Hummel-Gumaelius (1906-1986). The building was built in...
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23.06.2020
Uppsala Art Museum Uppsala Art Museum is a city museum for art , located in the southern wing of Uppsala Castle in Uppsala . The Uppsala Art Museum has been located in the Uppsala Castle since 1995. The museum has three floors, where you can see old paintings from the art collection of Uppsala...
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23.06.2020
Vaksala Runestone The Vaksala Runestone, designated as U 961 under the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located close to Vaksala Church, near Uppsala, Sweden. The Vaksala Runestone is one of the approximately forty...
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23.06.2020
Vasaborgen Vasaborgen is part of Uppsala Castle, open to the public. Here you can wander through the ruins of the first castle, built in 1549 and burned in a fire in 1702. In summer excursions take place here every day and many fascinating stories about the castle will be told. Here you will also...
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