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flourishing port q Fröjel Kyrka
and limeworks. 40 km (25 miles) S of Visby. @
In the early 1800s Tel 0498-24 00 05. Open daily.
lime baron Axel 5 call for details. 8 7
Hägg bought
Katthamra manor, In a stunning location, high up
which he had overlooking the sea, is the
rebuilt and saddle-roof church of Fröjel
decorated in Kyrka, built in the 12th and
Empire style. 13th centuries. Inside is an
Today there is a impressive triumphal crucifix
hotel and youth by the craftsman who created
hostel here, the rood screen of Öja church.
but the manor The churchyard has an ancient
The small community of Ljugarn with typical Gotland house itself is maze which shows that the
limestone houses close to the sea a private home. site was used long before
the arrival of Christianity.
9 Ljugarn 0 Lojsta North of the church lies
the magnificent Gannarve
40 km (25 miles) SW of Visby. 15 km (9 miles) S of Visby. * 120. @
* 300. @ n Visby Tourist Office, n Visby Tourist Office, 0498-20 17 00. Skeppssättning (Gannarve
0498-20 17 00. _ Gotland pony judging (4th week Ship Barrow), which is
in Jul). considered to be one of the
This cheerful resort was Gotland’s best in Gotland. This has been
first and makes a good centre Like so many of Gotland’s dated to the late Bronze Age
for touring the southeast of the churches, Lojsta Kyrka dates (1000–300 BC) and is 30 m
island. There was a harbour from the mid-13th century. (98 ft) long and 5 m (16 ft) wide.
here long before Russian forces The choir and the nave have
raided Ljugarn on their way to ornamental paintings and the
laying waste to the east coast figures above the triumphal
of Sweden in 1714–18. By arch are by the master known
1900, the small community, as “Egypticus” in the mid-
with its long sandy beach, 14th century.
limestone sea stacks and On Lojsta Hed, an area of
guesthouse, had become a forest and heath north of the
popular bathing spot. church, lives a herd of semi-
South of Ljugarn is the wild Gotland ponies (russ), the
13th–14th century Lau Kyrka. stubborn little horse native The splendid Gannarve Bronze Age stone
One of Gotland’s largest to the island. The animals are ship barrow
churches, it has a triumphal owned by local farmers and by
crucifix from the 13th century Gotlands Läns Hushållnings- w Karlsöarna
and excellent acoustics for the sällskap. Several annual events Gotland. Stora Karlsö g from
concerts held there. are organized, such as the Klintehamn during summer season
Northwest of Ljugarn, release of the stallion in early only. n Visby Tourist Office, 0498-20
Torsburgen fortress was built in June, and the high point of the 17 00. 8 - 0 Lilla Karlsö g from
the 3rd or 4th century and is year, the Gotland pony judging Klintehamn. n 0498-24 05 00. 8
one of the largest of its kind at the end of July.
in Scandinavia. It is protected About 2.5 km (2 miles) from Many myths have been
by naturally steep slopes and a Lojsta towards Etelhem is a large spun around Stora and Lilla
wall 7 m (23 ft) high and up to building with a sedge roof, Karlsö, the rocky islands 6.5 km
24 m (79 ft) wide. To reach it, Lojstahallen. This is an excellent (4 miles) off the west coast
take the forest road from the 146 reconstruction of a late-Iron Age of Gotland.
towards Östergarn, 2 km (1 mile) hall building. Next to it is a Stora Karlsö covers 2.5 sq km
east of Kräklingbo church. medieval fortress, Lojsta Slott. (1 sq mile) and is a nature
About 6 km (4 miles) south of
Ljugarn, at Guffride, are seven
Bronze Age stone-settings, in
the form of ships, and are the
largest on Gotland. Open to
tourists is the 11th Century
Church of Garde, southwest of
Ljugarn. The Church features
paintings in the Byzantine style.
The idyllic Katthammarsvik,
north of Ljugarn, was once a Thin-billed (or common) murres at Stora Karlso, Gotland
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p286 and p297

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