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  1. Historic town and bishopric on the Swedish
  2. island of Gotland in the Baltic that became
  3. the centre of German Hanseatic League. It was
  4. founded as a Viking trading post on the route
  5. from Novgorod to the west. During the 12th
  6. and 13th centuries, the Scandinavian
  7. population became outnumbered by German
  8. colonists, and Visby became the nucleus of
  9. the Hanseatic League. In 1361, it was
  10. conquered by Waldemar IV. It possesses
  11. impressive fortifications, dated from the
  12. time of the Hanse, and many Gothic churches.
  13.