Explore the historic highlights of Isle of Arran
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
13th century
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
1510
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
1800-1600 BC
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
1800-1600 BCE
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
3300 BC
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
2000 BC
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
4000-2500 BCE
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
13th century
Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
2000 BC
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.