Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
1990
Stockholm, Sweden
1942
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
1891
Uppsala, Sweden
1957
Uppsala, Sweden
1622-1625
Gothenburg, Sweden
1923
Lund, Sweden
1805
Gothenburg, Sweden
1808
Stockholm, Sweden
1973
Visby, Sweden
1875
Stockholm, Sweden
2002
Gothenburg, Sweden
1750-1762
Stockholm, Sweden
1866
Gothenburg, Sweden
Karlskrona, Sweden
1752
Stockholm, Sweden
Sigtuna, Sweden
1916
Karlskrona, Sweden
1899
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.