Cartagena, Spain
2nd century BCE
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
0-100 BC
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
0-100 AD
Edirne, Turkey
2nd century AD
Vienne, France
40-50 AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Mérida, Spain
2nd century AD
Aswan, Egypt
30 BCE
León, Spain
200-300 AD
Vienne, France
27 BC
La Turbie, France
6 BC
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Poreč, Croatia
0-100 AD
Milan, Italy
2nd century AD
Córdoba, Spain
0-100 AD
Pozzuoli, Italy
1st century AD
Rome, Italy
309 AD
Rome, Italy
272 BCE
Pula, Croatia
100-0 BCE
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
20 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.