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<smalStadsark. kont., Kalmar</smal<b<bKalmar, on the east coast of Småland, preserves, as does Visby, the memory<bof a walled medieval town. The turreted stronghold, the proud Kalmar<bCastle, still remains; but at the end of the 17th century the entire town<bwas removed to a nearby island, and church, town-hall and houses were<brebuilt within new defences. Ramparts, bastions and gates — the<b»Cavalier» is shown here — still give the town its own special character.
Stadsark. kont., Kalmar



Kalmar, on the east coast of Småland, preserves, as does Visby, the memory

of a walled medieval town. The turreted stronghold, the proud Kalmar

Castle, still remains; but at the end of the 17th century the entire town

was removed to a nearby island, and church, town-hall and houses were

rebuilt within new defences. Ramparts, bastions and gates — the

»Cavalier» is shown here — still give the town its own special character.

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