Pezinok, Slovakia
c. 1300
Cerová, Slovakia
13th century
Plavecké Podhradie, Slovakia
1256-1273
Čabradský Vrbovok, Slovakia
13th century
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
13th century
Halič, Slovakia
15th century
Vígľaš, Slovakia
13th century
Žarnovica, Slovakia
13th century
Borsa, Slovakia
13th century
Bánovce nad Bebravou District, Slovakia
13th century
Ducové, Slovakia
800-900 AD
Topoľčany, Slovakia
13th century
Likavka, Slovakia
c. 1315
Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia
13th century
Sedliská, Slovakia
1309-1316
Blatnica, Slovakia
13th century
Svätý Jur, Slovakia
13th century
Podbranč, Slovakia
13th century
Považská Bystrica, Slovakia
c. 1128
Zborov, Slovakia
13th 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.