Villanova Monteleone, Italy
1800 BCE
Aosta, Italy
6000-3000 BCE
Augusta, Italy
728 BCE
Aidone, Italy
5th century BCE
San Giuseppe Jato, Italy
6th century BC
Modica, Italy
2200 BCE
Mirabella Eclano, Italy
1st century BCE
Lipari, Italy
4th century BCE
Catanzaro, Italy
4th century BCE
Cattolica Eraclea, Italy
6th century BCE
Atripalda, Italy
1st century BCE
Avella, Italy
1st century BCE
Pissignano, Italy
6th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
3rd century AD
Custonaci, Italy
18,000 BCE
Termini Imerese, Italy
5th century BC
Avella, Italy
1st century BCE
Olbia, Italy
1600 BCE
Golfo Aranci, Italy
1500 BCE
Bisceglie, Italy
4000-3000 BCE
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.