Bath, United Kingdom
Celtic
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Orkney, United Kingdom
Orkney, United Kingdom
2500-2000 BC
Newport, United Kingdom
90 AD
Burghead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
500-200 BC
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Orkney, United Kingdom
3100 BC
Holyhead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
0-100 AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
500-200 BC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
140 AD
Brading, United Kingdom
1st century AD
St Cleer, United Kingdom
3500-2000 BCE
Shetland, United Kingdom
2500 BC
Llanddaniel Fab, United Kingdom
3000 BCE
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Newport, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
3500 BCE
Pumsaint, United Kingdom
c. 74 AD
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.