Hanseatic Town of Visby

World Heritage

Sweden

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Visby is a Viking site on the island of Gotland and was the main center of the Baltic Hanseatic League from the 12th to the 14th century. Visby retains its 13th-century city walls and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' houses from the same period, making it the best-preserved commercial fortress city in Northern Europe.

# 12th to 14th century

# storehouse