Explore the historic highlights of Raasepori
Raasepori, Finland
1649-1900
Raasepori, Finland
1360-1378
Raasepori, Finland
1651-1679
Raasepori, Finland
18th-19th centuries
Raasepori, Finland
1465-1470
Raasepori, Finland
1475-1480
Raasepori, Finland
1641
Raasepori, Finland
1688-1699
Raasepori, Finland
1460-1480
Raasepori, Finland
ca. 1320
Raasepori, Finland
1640-1900
Raasepori, Finland
ca. 1500
Raasepori, Finland
1803-1806
Visby Cathedral (also known as St. Mary’s Church) is the only survived medieval church in Visby. It was originally built for German merchants and inaugurated in 1225. Around the year 1350 the church was enlarged and converted into a basilica. The two-storey magazine was also added then above the nave as a warehouse for merchants.
Following the Reformation, the church was transformed into a parish church for the town of Visby. All other churches were abandoned. Shortly after the Reformation, in 1572, Gotland was made into its own Diocese, and the church designated its cathedral.
There is not much left of the original interior. The font is made of local red marble in the 13th century. The pulpit was made in Lübeck in 1684. There are 400 graves under the church floor.