Explore the historic highlights of Lund
Lund, Sweden
1080-1145
Lund, Sweden
1805
Lund, Sweden
1578-1584
Lund, Sweden
1882
Lund, Sweden
ca. 1050
Lund, Sweden
1160s
Lund, Sweden
1887-1881
Lund, Sweden
1900-1901
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
1596
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
13th century
Lund, Sweden
13th century
Lund, Sweden
1886
Lund, Sweden
12th century
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.