Sparta, Greece
7t
Sparta, Greece
1400 BCE
Zakros, Greece
1900 BC
Troizinia-Methana, Greece
7th century BCE
Corfu, Greece
600 BCE
Noto, Italy
8th century BCE
Kritsa, Greece
400-300 BC
Syracuse, Italy
402-397 BCE
Gela, Italy
8th century BCE
Achaea, Greece
1300 BCE
Embonas, Greece
3000-1000 BCE
Corinth, Greece
2000 BCE
Poros, Greece
520 BCE
Arcadia, Greece
4th century BCE
Capo Colonna, Italy
480-440 BCE
Vai, Greece
700 BC
Augusta, Italy
728 BCE
Aidone, Italy
5th century BCE
San Giuseppe Jato, Italy
6th century BC
Lemnos, Greece
500 BCE
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.