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Kruttornet (Powder Tower) and Fiskarporten (Fish Gate), 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. The tower was used to store gunpowder and is part of the sea wall adjacent to Almedalen.
Keywords: City Walls Visby Gotland Sweden Powder Tower Fish Gate
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Caption:	Kruttornet (Powder Tower) and Fiskarporten (Fish Gate), 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. The tower was used to store gunpowder and is part of the sea wall adjacent to Almedalen.
Keywords:	City Walls Visby Gotland Sweden Powder Tower Fish Gate Swedish old ancient medieval high stone tower wall walls tall high stone fortification fortified defence defensive summer day city walls sea wall entrance gate Fiskarporten Kruttornet lgpl pyramid pyramidal