Visby

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Visby is a small village that was once a Viking port. Many of the photographs are of buildings built in the from 1100 to 1400 and the walls and gates built to protect Visby during attacks from Sweden and others. The beautiful gardens are a legacy of a local society of men that created them and have maintained them for hundreds of years.

Today Visby is a popular tourist spot attracting 750,000 tourists a year over three months.