Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Tomelilla, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
12th century
Ystad, Sweden
ca. 1150
Skurup, Sweden
12th century
Linköping, Sweden
ca. 1500
Varberg, Sweden
12th century
Södra Sandby, Sweden
ca. 1200
Veberöd, Sweden
ca. 1200
Ängelholm, Sweden
ca. 1200
Furulund, Sweden
ca. 1200
Stråvalla, Sweden
12th century
Offerdal, Sweden
ca. 1150
Askeby, Sweden
12th century
Vittskövle, Sweden
12th century
Lund, Sweden
12th century
Docksta, Sweden
ca. 1300
Bålsta, Sweden
12th century
Örebro, Sweden
12th 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.