Spiez, Switzerland
12th century
Locarno, Switzerland
c. 1200
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
1260-1270
Büren an der Aare, Switzerland
1621-1624
Baden, Switzerland
10th century
Zug, Switzerland
c. 1200
Baden, Switzerland
12th century
Grandson, Switzerland
13th century
Aigle, Switzerland
13th century
Romont, Switzerland
1240
La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
13th century
Flüelen, Switzerland
13th century
Lenzburg, Switzerland
c. 1100
Sion, Switzerland
1290-1308
Zug, Switzerland
c. 1524
Laufenburg, Switzerland
12th century
Bellinzona, Switzerland
1478
Werdenberg, Switzerland
1228
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
13th century
Jegenstorf, Switzerland
12th century
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.