Provincia di Agrigento, Italy
500 BCE
Sarandë, Albania
800 BCE
Berat, Albania
c. 314 BCE
Epidaurus, Greece
4th century BCE
Corinth, Greece
7th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1300-1250 BCE
Kameiros, Greece
6th century BCE
Athens, Greece
570 BCE
Rhodes, Greece
408 BCE
Phaistos, Greece
2000 BC
Oichalia, Greece
450-400 BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
1400-1200 BCE
Messini, Greece
369 BCE
Fier, Albania
588 BCE
Solin, Croatia
7th century BCE
Ialysos, Greece
3rd century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Górtyn, Greece
3200 BC
Palazzolo Acreide, Italy
663 BCE
Ascea, Italy
538-535 BCE
The church of the former Franciscan monastery was built probably between 1515 and 1520. It is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Rauma. The church stands by the small stream of Raumanjoki (Rauma river).
The exact age of the Church of the Holy Cross is unknown, but it was built to serve as the monastery church of the Rauma Franciscan Friary. The monastery had been established in the early 15th century and a wooden church was built on this location around the year 1420.
The Church of the Holy Cross served the monastery until 1538, when it was abandoned for a hundred years as the Franciscan friary was disbanded in the Swedish Reformation. The church was re-established as a Lutheran church in 1640, when the nearby Church of the Holy Trinity was destroyed by fire.
The choir of the two-aisle grey granite church features medieval murals and frescoes. The white steeple of the church was built in 1816 and has served as a landmark for seafarers.