Visby City Wall

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city wall medieval fortification tourist attraction

Visby City Wall is a well-preserved medieval defensive fortification encircling the old town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage landmark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Visby City Wall canonical 2
Visby Ringmur 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city wall ⓘ
medieval fortification ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
builtBy citizens of Visby ⓘ
constructionBegan 13th century ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
encircles Old Town of Visby NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart curtain walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
moat (partly remaining) ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasViewOf Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
locatedIn Visby NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCounty Gotland County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality Region Gotland Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOn Gotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy local authorities of Visby ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
near Visby Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
Visby harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Hanseatic Town of Visby World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
city fortifications of Visby ⓘ
cultural heritage of Sweden ⓘ
significance one of the best-preserved medieval city walls in Europe ⓘ
significantEvent siege of Visby 1361 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 13th century ⓘ
surrounds medieval town core of Visby ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 731 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1995 ⓘ
usedFor city fortification ⓘ
defense ⓘ
protection against attacks ⓘ
visitorAttraction yes ⓘ
wellPreserved yes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

medieval town of Visby → hasPart → Visby City Wall ⓘ
subject surface form: Visby
Visby → hasCityWall → Visby City Wall ⓘ
Visby → hasStructure → Visby City Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Visby Ringmur