Visby City Wall

Visby City Wall is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish town of on the island of . As the strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in , the wall forms an important and integral part of Visby World Heritage Site.
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Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Wall
  • Description: strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia
  • Also known as: “City wall of Visby”, “Stadtmauer Visby”, “Visby Ringmur”, “Visby stadsmur”, and “Крепостная стена Висбю”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: DBW’s Botanical Garden and Saint Lars church ruin.

Garden
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 240 metres northeast of Visby City Wall.

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is located in the central part of on the island of , . is situated 240 metres southeast of Visby City Wall.

Church
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, formally Visby Saint Mary's… is situated 390 metres east of Visby City Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Visby and Vibble.

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is one of the most remarkable towns in the , with 24,000 inhabitants.

Village
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is a locality in on the Swedish… is situated 5 km southwest of Visby City Wall.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 9 km south of Visby City Wall.

Visby City Wall

Latitude
57.64226° or 57° 38′ 32″ north
Longitude
18.29149° or 18° 17′ 29″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
9F9WJ7RR+WH
Geo­Names ID
11821984
Wiki­data ID
Q1474383
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Visby City Wall” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Muralla de Visby”
  • Chinese: “维斯比城墙”
  • Danish: “Visby ringmur”
  • Dutch: “Stadsmuur van Visby”
  • Finnish: “Visbyn kehämuuri”
  • French: “remparts de Visby”
  • French: “Remparts de Visby”
  • Galician: “Muralla de Visby”
  • German: “Stadtbefestigung Visby”
  • Hebrew: “חומת ויסבי”
  • Italian: “Mura di Visby”
  • Latin: “Moenia Visbiensia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Visby ringmur”
  • Norwegian: “Visby ringmur”
  • Persian: “دیوار شهر ویزبه”
  • Polish: “Mury obronne w Visby”
  • Portuguese: “Muralhas de Visby”
  • Russian: “Крепостные стены Висбю”
  • Russian: “Стена города Висбю”
  • Slovenian: “mestno obzidje Visbyja”
  • Slovenian: “Mestno obzidje Visbyja”
  • Spanish: “Muralla de Visby”
  • Swedish: “Visby ringmur”
  • Vietnamese: “Tường thành Visby”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Galgberget and Länna.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Fiskarporten and Best Western Strand.

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Worth a closer look: Stockholm and Uppsala.

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