Bruges, Belgium
c. 1240
Antwerp, Belgium
1561-1564
Antwerp, Belgium
1352
Ghent, Belgium
1313
Leuven, Belgium
1425-1497
Mechelen, Belgium
c. 1200
Ypres, Belgium
1304/1933
Mechelen, Belgium
14th century
Aalst, Belgium
1225
Dunkerque, France
1559-1567
Tournai, Belgium
1188
Mons, Belgium
1662-1669
Kortrijk, Belgium
1520
Tongeren, Belgium
1240
Binche, Belgium
16th century
Béthune, France
1346
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
12th century
Oudenaarde, Belgium
1526–1537
Namur, Belgium
1388
Calais, France
1911-1925
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.