Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
-31 BCE
Sirmione, Italy
150 AD
Syracuse, Italy
3rd century BCE
Taranto, Italy
6th
Trieste, Italy
100-0 BC
Como, Italy
0-100 AD
Rome, Italy
c. 220 AD
Calatafimi-Segesta, Italy
3rd century BCE
Provincia di Agrigento, Italy
500 BCE
Pompei, Italy
0-100 AD
Brescia, Italy
69-96 AD
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Aosta, Italy
around 0-10 AD
Brindisi, Italy
2nd century AD
Rome, Italy
104 AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Milan, Italy
2nd century AD
Pozzuoli, Italy
1st century AD
Sassari, Italy
4000-3600 BCE
The church of the former Franciscan monastery was built probably between 1515 and 1520. It is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Rauma. The church stands by the small stream of Raumanjoki (Rauma river).
The exact age of the Church of the Holy Cross is unknown, but it was built to serve as the monastery church of the Rauma Franciscan Friary. The monastery had been established in the early 15th century and a wooden church was built on this location around the year 1420.
The Church of the Holy Cross served the monastery until 1538, when it was abandoned for a hundred years as the Franciscan friary was disbanded in the Swedish Reformation. The church was re-established as a Lutheran church in 1640, when the nearby Church of the Holy Trinity was destroyed by fire.
The choir of the two-aisle grey granite church features medieval murals and frescoes. The white steeple of the church was built in 1816 and has served as a landmark for seafarers.