Pula, Croatia
0-100 AD
Orange, France
1st century AD
Pompei, Italy
0-100 AD
Brescia, Italy
69-96 AD
Reims, France
200-300 AD
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Sarandë, Albania
800 BCE
Trier, Germany
2nd century AD
Dax, France
2nd century AD
Aosta, Italy
around 0-10 AD
Berat, Albania
c. 314 BCE
Saintes, France
18-19 AD
Pula, Croatia
27 BCE - 14 AD
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
600-500 BCE
Metz, France
4th century AD
Vienne, France
10 BC
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD
Brindisi, Italy
2nd century AD
Rome, Italy
104 AD
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.