Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå World Heritage Site

Official name: Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå | UNESCO
Country: Sweden | Map
Continent: Europe
Location: County of Norrbotten (Norrbottens län)
65.6461° Lat, 22.2860° Lon | Map
Code: 762
Time Zone: Europe/Stockholm (CET, +0100)
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Category: Cultural
Description: Inscribed 1996. Gammelstad, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, is the best-preserved example of a 'church village', a unique kind of village formerly found throughout northern Scandinavia. The 404 wooden houses, huddled round the early 15th-century stone church, were used only on Sundays and at religious festivals to house worshippers from the surrounding countryside who could not return home the same day because of the distance and difficult travelling conditions.