Oviedo, Spain
790s AD
Oviedo, Spain
781 AD
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Oviedo, Spain
761 AD
Oviedo, Spain
848 AD
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Oviedo, Spain
c. 830 AD
Villaviciosa, Spain
893 AD
Oviedo, Spain
842 AD
Cangas de Onís, Spain
737 AD
Lena, Spain
852 AD
Bendones, Spain
792-842 AD
Les Regueres, Spain
9th century AD
Villaviciosa, Spain
921 AD
Pravia, Spain
774-783 AD
Tuñón, Spain
891 AD
Colunga, Spain
9th century AD
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.