Visby City Wall
Visby City Wall is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish town of Visby on the island of Gotland. As the strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia, the wall forms an important and integral part of Visby World Heritage Site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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” and “Visby Ringmur”
Photo: Ainali, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include DBW’s Botanical Garden and Visby Cathedral.
DBW’s Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
DBW’s Botanical Garden is situated 240 metres northeast of Visby City Wall.
Visby Cathedral
Church
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Visby Cathedral, formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden, seat of the Bishop of Visby. It lies in the centre of Visby, the main town on the Swedish island Gotland. Visby Cathedral is situated 390 metres east of Visby City Wall.
Saint Lars church ruin
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Saint Lars Church ruin is located in the central part of Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Saint Lars church ruin is situated 240 metres southeast of Visby City Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Visby and Vibble.
Visby
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Visby is one of the most remarkable towns in the Nordic countries. It is on the west coast of Sweden's largest island Gotland in the Baltic Sea with about 23,000 citizens.
Vibble
Village
Vibble is a locality in Västerhejde on the Swedish island of Gotland. Sweden with 1,300 inhabitants in 2010. Situated 3 km south of Visby, it is sometimes regarded as a suburb to the town of Visby. Vibble is situated 5 km southwest of Visby City Wall.
Träkumla
Village
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Träkumla is a village, which is situated 9 km south of Visby City Wall.
Visby City Wall
- Categories: city walls and tourist attraction
- Location: Visby socken, Visby domkyrkoförs., Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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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”
- German: “Stadtmauer 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: “Крепостная стена Висбю”
- Russian: “Крепостные стены Висбю”
- Russian: “Стена города Висбю”
- Slovenian: “mestno obzidje Visbyja”
- Slovenian: “Mestno obzidje Visbyja”
- Spanish: “Muralla de Visby”
- Swedish: “Visby ringmur”
- Swedish: “Visby stadsmur”
- Vietnamese: “Tường thành Visby”
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