Hemse, Sweden
12th century
Ljugarn, Sweden
13th century
Näs, Sweden
13th century
Sproge, Sweden
13th century
Gotland, Sweden
12th century
Ljugarn, Sweden
14th century
Visby, Sweden
c. 1200
Gothem, Sweden
13th century
Silte, Sweden
13th century
Halla, Sweden
c. 1200
Stenkyrka, Sweden
13th century
Hangvar, Sweden
13th century
Gerum, Sweden
c. 1200
Guldrupe, Sweden
12th century
Tingstäde, Sweden
13th century
Lye, Sweden
12th century
Visby, Sweden
12th century
Tingstäde, Sweden
12th century
Väskinde, Sweden
1250
Visby, Sweden
13th century
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.