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Gammelstad Church Town (Swedish: Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated near the city of Luleå, Sweden at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia. UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... LuleÃ¥ Municipality ( listen, ) is a Swedish municipality in northern Sweden where the city LuleÃ¥ is seat with a population of about 45,000. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Bothnia (Fin. ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe named after the Scandinavian Peninsula. ...

The town is located on a small island in the delta of the Lule River. At its centre is an early 15th century stone church surrounded by 424 wood-built houses. The houses were built to house worshippers who had travelled in from the surrounding countryside and would be unable to return to their homes before nightfall. Location of Lule Ã¤lv Lule Ã¤lv (English: Lule River) is a major river in Sweden, rising in northern Sweden and flowing southeast for 450 km (280 miles) before reaching the Gulf of Bothnia at LuleÃ¥. The river is an important source of hydroelectric energy, with major hydroelectric plants at Porjus...

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