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Websitewhc.unesco.org

Hanseatic Town of Visby UNESCO 731 — Ringmuren 3.4 km 57.63472N

UNESCO · 1995 · UNESCO

57.63472N 18.29917E 3.4 km walls

Visby Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1995Open source

Articledoi.org

The mega-structure at Stăuceni-‘Holm’ and debate about governing Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements

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René Ohlrau, Johannes Müller · 2025 · PLOS ONE

Dobrovody 26×46 m 1196 m² Tomashivka B2

Dobrovody

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2025Open source

Websitevisitaizkraukle.lv

Aizkraukle Castle Mound — visitaizkraukle.lv Augstie or Kraukļu Hills 40 m above Daugava

VisitAizkraukle · 2024 · Aizkraukle Municipality

82 km from Riga 40 m height verified

Aizkraukle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitearoundus.com

Aizkraukle Castle — AroundUs 56.61444,25.15333 Inception 1213

AroundUs · 2024 · AroundUs

Aizkraukle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Aizkraukle — Wikipedia 56°36′15″N 25°15′14″E

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Aizkraukle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Apuolė Hillfort — Wikipedia Curonian 853

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

56.24647N 21.67808E verified

Apuolė

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitebaltukelias.lt

Baltukelias Curonians — Apuole GPS Lat 56.24647 Lon 21.67808

Baltukelias · 2024 · Baltukelias

Apuolė

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Birka — Wikipedia 59°20′10″N 17°32′43″E UNESCO 555 Björkö

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

59.33611N 17.54528E 750–975

Birka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bojná village 48°35′N 18°04′E Valy Topoľčany — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Bojna

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Cucuteni, Comuna Cucuteni — MapCarta 47.27636N 26.93766E

MapCarta · 2024 · MapCarta

Cucuteni

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Dobrovody — Wikipedia (Cucuteni-Trypillia mega-site)

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and 16,200 cap.

Dobrovody

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetrek.zone

Gamla Uppsala — Trek.zone 59°53′47″N 17°37′40″E Uppsala esker

Trek Zone · 2024 · Trek Zone

Gamla Uppsala

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Gamla Uppsala — Wikipedia 59°53′51.9″N 17°38′01″E Kungshögarna 60 m Adam 1076

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

59.89775N 17.6336 verified

Gamla Uppsala

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Gannarve Stone Ship 4 km NE Sandhamn Fröjel — MapCarta Gotland

MapCarta · 2024 · MapCarta

57.465,18.152 representative

Gannarve

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitegotlandsmuseum.se

Gannarve Stone Ship Gotland — Gotland Fornsal Registry Fröjel 57.465,18.152

Gotland Fornsal · 2024 · Gotlands Museum

57.465N 18.152E 28 m ship

Gannarve

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Maidanetske — Wikipedia (Trypillia mega-site SBDI)

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

48.81N 30.70028E verified

Maydanets

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Menzlin — Wikipedia Groswin Slavic-Viking Peene 53°53′13″N

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Altes Lager Menzlin

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Mikulčice-Valy — Wikipedia 48°48′15″N 17°05′12″E Great Moravia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

48.80417N 17.08667E 11 churches

Mikulčice

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Nitra Castle — Wikipedia 48°19′06″N 18°05′10″E Principality of Nitra

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

48.318N 18.0875 Pribina 828 Svatopluk

Nitra

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitevaldovurumai.lt

Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Vilnius Valdovų rūmai

National Museum Palace of Grand Dukes · 2024 · Valdovų rūmai

Gediminas 1323–1655 Renaissance

Vilnius Lower Castle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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