Talgje, Norway
12th century
Gran, Norway
c. 1219
Vang, Norway
1180
Vang, Norway
12th century
Tønsberg, Norway
12th century
Bodø, Norway
c. 1240
Nome, Norway
12th century
Rygge, Norway
c. 1170
Trøgstad, Norway
c.1250
Spongdal, Norway
c. 1180
Luster, Norway
1220-1250
Ski, Norway
c. 1150
Mosterhamn, Norway
c. 1024
Follebu, Norway
1260-1300
Bærum, Norway
1100-1130
Orre, Norway
c. 1250
Skien, Norway
c. 1153
Nøtterøy, Norway
12th century
Sør-Aurdal, Norway
c. 1160
Løten, Norway
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.