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Stenstaden

Coordinates: 62°23′24″N 17°18′29″E / 62.39000°N 17.30806°E / 62.39000; 17.30806
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Stenstaden
Stenstaden is located in Västernorrland
Stenstaden
Location in Sundsvall, Medelpad, Västernorrland County, Sweden
Coordinates: 62°23′24″N 17°18′29″E / 62.39000°N 17.30806°E / 62.39000; 17.30806
Sundsvall rebuilt after the fire in 1888

Stenstaden, the Stone City, is the name of the historical centre of Sundsvall in Sweden. It consists of stone buildings, several of those in Art Nouveau style, which were built after the 1888 Sundsvall Fire. Stenstaden is structured in an orthogonal grid system of rectangular city blocks in the east-south-eastern part of Sundsvall.[1]

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  1. ^ Wilhelmsson, Nils (2019). Disastrous fires in Swedish cities and their impact on the urban structure. Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi. OCLC 1235262060.