Helsinki, Finland
1748-1917
Lappeenranta, Finland
1721-1792
Hamina, Finland
1720-1803
Loviisa, Finland
1748-1770
Sund, Finland
1832-1854
Kotka, Finland
1790-1796
Loviisa, Finland
1748-1757
Pori, Finland
1930s
Savitaipale, Finland
1790-1793
Kotka, Finland
1791-1808
Kouvola, Finland
1791-1792
Luumäki, Finland
1773-1796
Ristiina, Finland
1646-1669
Savonlinna, Finland
1540
Kouvola, Finland
1791-1792
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.