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Buildings and structures in Gotland County

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Visby Airport
airport in Visby, Gotland Municipality, Sweden
City wall of Visby
strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia
Villa Villekulla
fictional house in Astrid Lindgren's books about Pippi Longstocking
Roma Abbey
Ruined Cisterian abbey in Gotland
Gotland Museum
museum in Visby, Gotland in Sweden
Fårö lighthouse
lighthouse in Gotland Municipality, Sweden
Torsburgen
Torsburgen, Tors borg or þors borg ("Thor's fort/castle") are the remains of an ancient hillfort in Kräklingbo on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The fort is approximately , was constructed in the 1st-4th century and in use until the 12th century. Situated on a plateau hill it is protected by high cliffs and wall sections, almost long in total. The fort is featured in the Gutasaga. The plateau is also a nature reserve.
Visborg
thumb|Castle Wisborg in an early 17th-century drawing Visborg (also spelled Wisborg) was a medieval fortress located in the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. Several fortresses were built in Visby over the centuries. The last was the castle built by King Erik of Pomerania, ruler of Kalmar Union. The fortress served as Erik’s residence after his deposition and remained an important Danish stronghold until its destruction in 1679. Today, only fragments of its walls survive overlooking Visby’s harbor.
Campus Gotland
När lighthouse
lighthouse in Gotland Municipality, Sweden
Bulverket
The Bulverket is the remnants of a large wooden fortification or bulwark at Lake Tingstäde on the island of Gotland, Sweden. When built, it consisted of a platform with houses surrounded by a double palisade with the entire construction around in diameter.
Grogarnsberget
Grogarnsberget or Grogarnsberg (lit. "The Grogarn Mountain" more appropriate "Grogarn Hill") is a plateau hill on the Östergarn coast, on the Swedish island of Gotland. On the hill are the remains of former hillfort, the second largest on Gotland and the fourth largest in Scandinavia.