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LG 0450 View along the City Walls, Visby, Gotland, Sweden. The wall is 3.5km long and 27 out of the original 29 towers remain. It is in two sections; the sea wall, which was built first, commencing about the middle of the 13 century, and the land wall. That in this picture is the land wall to the east of the city. Note the example of one of the remaining nine saddle-towers which were added in the 14 century. Keywords: Swedish old ancient medieval high stone towers wall walls tall high stone fortification fortified defence defensive Dalmanstornet saddle-tower summer day city walls land wall lgpl City Walls Visby Gotland Sweden
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
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Upload Date: 2009-07-05 11:25:31
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View along the City Walls, Visby, Gotland, Sweden.
The wall

is 3.5km long and 27 out of the original 29 towers remain. It is in two sections; the sea wall, which was built first, commencing about the middle of the 13 century, and the land wall. That in this picture is the land wall to the east of the city. Note the example of one of the remaining nine saddle-towers which were added in the 14 century.
Keywords: Swedish old ancient medieval high stone towers wall walls tall high stone fortification fortified defence defensive Dalmanstornet saddle-tower summer day city walls land wall lgpl City Walls Visby Gotland Sweden