🏛️ Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå

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Gammelstad Church Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Gammelstaden 10 km north of Luleå, Sweden, at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of settlement called kyrkstad that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia. As Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, it was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1996.

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Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå is a cultural World Heritage site in Sweden, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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