Gammelstad Church Town facts for kids
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Gammelstad Church Town
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| Location | Gammelstaden, Luleå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv), (v) |
| Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
| Area | 16.402 ha (40.53 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 243.474 ha (601.64 acres) |
Gammelstad Church Town (Swedish: Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a World Heritage Site in Gammelstaden close to the city of Luleå, Sweden. The church village consists of 424 wooden houses around a stone church from the early 15th-century.
Motivation for World Heritage Site
Gammelstad Church Town was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1996 with the motivation:
The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iv) and (v), considering that the site is of outstanding universal value as it is a remarkable example of the traditional church town of northern Scandanavia, and admirably illustrates the adaptation of conventional urban design to the special geographical and climatic conditions of a hostile natural environment.
—UNESCO, 1996
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See also
In Spanish: Aldea-iglesia de Gammelstad para niños
