Tofta, Sweden
13th century
Burgsvik, Sweden
13th century
Dalhem, Sweden
13th century
Visby, Sweden
1236
Garde, Sweden
ca. 1150
Havdhem, Sweden
ca. 1200
Eksta, Sweden
13th century
Fårösund, Sweden
13th century
Visby, Sweden
12th century
Stånga, Sweden
13th century
Romakloster, Sweden
12th century
Hamra, Sweden
13th century
När, Sweden
13th century
Stånga, Sweden
13th century
Romakloster, Sweden
13th century
Hangvar, Sweden
13th century
Rute, Sweden
c. 1230
Eskelhem, Sweden
1200
Levide, Sweden
12th century
Vänge, Sweden
c. 1200
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.