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Mörbylånga Municipality
municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden
Southern Öland cultural landscape
cultural landscape in Sweden
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Eketorp Fort
300px|thumb|Aerial view from the 1970s. Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison. In the 20th century it was further reconstructed to become a heavily visited tourist site and a location for re-enactment of medieval battles. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known prehistoric fortifications on Öland that has been completely excavated, yielding
Karlevi Runestone
runestone
Långe Jan
lighthouse and working life museum in Mörbylånga Municipality, Baltic coast, Sweden
Sandby borg
ringfort on Öland, Sweden
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Ottenby
thumb|View from Långe Jan on Öland, north. The Ottenby Ornithological station can be seen in near distance. Ottenby () is a town on the island of Öland, Sweden, located in Ås parish, Mörbylånga Municipality in Kalmar County. Ottenby is located just north of the southern tip of Öland, over thirty km south of the area's main town, Mörbylånga. Ottenby is also the name of the mansion and a royal demesne, now a nature reserve.
Ottenby bird observatory
bird observatory on the island of Öland, Sweden
Gråborg
Gråborg is the ruin of a hillfort on Öland, Sweden. It is located in Algutsrum, in Mörbylånga Municipality. The oldest parts of the ancient hillfort are plausible from the 5th century. The hillfort was expanded in stages into the 12th century. During the Middle Ages, Gråborg was probably utilized as a protected marketplace.
Öland Zoo and Amusement Park
zoological garden, waterpark and amusement park in Färjestaden, Sweden