Visby Trojaborg (Galberget)

Sweden's most famous stone labyrinth sits below Galgberget ('Gallows Hill') north of the medieval Hanseatic city of Visby on Gotland. The classical 7-circuit design, possibly dating to 500 BCE, was traditionally used in pagan fertility rituals and fishermen's wind-calling ceremonies. Gotland itself is one of Europe's richest archaeological islands, with over 400 picture stones and 92,000 Viking-era silver coins found in hoards. At 345.85° Giza bearing, the Visby Trojaborg connects to the Scandinavian labyrinth corridor that runs from the Baltic through the North Sea. The labyrinth's placement below a gallows site follows a pan-European pattern linking labyrinths to liminal spaces between life and death.