Kalmar Castle

To the south of the Kalmar Municipal Park, on a small island, is Kalmar's medieval Castle, surrounded by walls and bastions. It is a massive five-towered structure, the earliest parts of which were built at the beginning of the 11th century. It was enlarged in the 16th century and restored at the end of the 19th century. Between 1307 and the beginning of the war with Denmark in 1611 it withstood no fewer than 24 sieges.