Jerusalem, Israel
19 BCE
Jerusalem, Israel
1892-1898
Jerusalem, Israel
335 CE
Jerusalem, Israel
691 CE
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324-500 CE
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705 CE
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1856/2010
Acre, Israel
1781
Acre, Israel
1758
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1131-1138
Acre, Israel
1673
Jerusalem, Israel
12th century
Jerusalem, Israel
11th 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.