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Street in Ribe Picture of the main shopping street in Ribe taken in/from Ribe (Denmark) Date: Sep-2007 Camera: Sony DSC-H5 Comments: Ribe was established in the first decade of the 8th century and first attested in a document dating from 854, Ribe is the oldest town in Denmark. The town has many well-preserved old buildings, of which ca. 110 houses are under Heritage Protection. Denmark´s oldest town hall is found on the town´s Von Stockens Plads. The building was erected in 1496, and was purchased by the city for use as a town hall in 1709. |