Paris, France
1163
Paris, France
1875-1919
Paris, France
1241-1248
Strasbourg, France
1015-1469
Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France
709 AD
Paris, France
1210-1220
Avignon, France
1670-1672
Chartres, France
1145-1260
Marseille, France
1588
Paris, France
1509-1523
Arles, France
c. 1100
Colmar, France
1234-1365
Marseille, France
1853-1897
Paris, France
1532-1632
Paris, France
12th century
Reims, France
13th century
Lyon, France
1180
Amiens, France
c. 1220
Lyon, France
1872-1884
Paris, France
1014
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.