Visby - Valdemar's Cross

Southeast of Visby (leaving by the Österport) is the Korsbetning (Cross Meadow), with the ruins of Solberga Abbey (1246). Here is the burial place of the Gotland peasants killed during the Danish conquest of the island in 1361, and the so-called Valdemar's Cross (Valdemarskors; 2.5m/8ft high, with a Latin inscription). Excavations in 1905 brought to light between 300 and 400 skeletons, together with arms and armor.