Stora Torget, Visby
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Stora Torget means "the Great Square" was until some decades ago the center of the town. There was a bakery, liquor store, toy store for instance. Most of these have been converted into restaurants, often with names that suggest what the place has once been used for.
The only remaining grocery store inside the city wall is located here. The square is still dominated by the St Cahterine's Ruin on the south side of the square
Saint Karins ruin is the remains of a Franciscan monastery founded in 1233. It was a monastery until ...
The church was built in 1240 for the Germans in the central congregation in Visby. After the Protesta...
This lookout point is located at Trappgatan on the edge of "Klinten" which is the higher northern par...
Österport, the East Gate, is one of the main gates in the city wall of Visby. Just outside is the mod...
Kruttornet "The Gun Powder Tower" was the first part of the Visby City Wall to be built.
