Gammelstad Church Town
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| State Party |  Sweden |
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| Type | Cultural | |
| Criteria | ii, iv, v | |
| Identification | #762 | |
| Region2 | Europe and North America | |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1996 20th WH Committee Session |
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| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/762 | |
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1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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Gammelstad Church Town (Swedish: Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated near the city of Luleå, Sweden at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia.
The town is located on a small island in the delta of the Lule River. At its centre is an early 15th century stone church surrounded by 424 wood-built houses. The houses were built to house worshippers who had travelled in from the surrounding countryside and would be unable to return to their homes before nightfall.
Gammelstad was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996.
[edit] External links
- (English) Official site
- UNESCO description
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Birka and Hovgården | Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Engelsberg Ironworks | High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (w/ Finland) | Karlskrona | Laponian Area | Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, Falun | Rock Carvings in Tanum | Royal Domain of Drottningholm | Skogskyrkogården | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Varberg Radio Station | Visby
