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5 days ago · The Visby city fathers fulfilled the demand, with churches stripped of their valuables. Valdemar added “King of Gotland” to his title list. In 1391, 1394 and 1398, Visby was taken and plundered by the Victual Brothers, pirates who sailed the Baltic Sea.
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2 days ago · The Battle of Thermopylae (/ θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː / thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I.
5 days ago · One of the Templars’ more enigmatic symbols was their wax seal – two knights riding a single horse. In the Middle Ages, people used seals to protect important communications from forgery, acting like a signature. Everyone from individuals to organizations had their own unique seal.
3 days ago · Gotland is usually the part of Sweden which receives the most hours of sunlight during a year with Visby statistically the location with the most sunshine in Sweden. In 2007 approximately 750,000 people visited Gotland.
3 days ago · The Hound of Visby is a third-person Soulslike action game where you play as a young knight who found your hometown Visby has been cursed and you need to uncover the dark secrets buried here. During your adventure in the game, you will fight against hideous creatures and abominations, meet and talk with different NPCs to learn what happened ...
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4 days ago · A team of European researchers found cut marks near lesions on the skull of an Egyptian man dating back thousands of years. The marks suggest a form of cancer treatment.
