Sehenswürdigkeit
Gammelstad Church Town
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Standort
1 Kyrktorget
Luleå NV, Norrbottens län
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Here you find the very old small summerhouse and very old churches, allways visited with people from differnt country. Highly recommended!
Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå 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 424 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.
Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå 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 424 wooden houses, huddled round the early 15th-century stone church, were used only on…