Stockholm, Sweden
17th - 18th century
Stockholm, Sweden
ca. 1270-1300
Uppsala, Sweden
1287-1435
Ekerö, Sweden
1662
Mariefred, Sweden
16th century
Vadstena, Sweden
1346
Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
400-500 AD
Varnhem, Sweden
ca. 1150
Götene, Sweden
12th century
Adelsö, Sweden
ca. 750 AD
Visingsö, Sweden
mid-1100s
Uppsala, 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.