Riga, Latvia
1209
Riga, Latvia
1211
Riga, Latvia
13th century
Riga, Latvia
1225
Riga, Latvia
1727-1733
Riga, Latvia
1857-1859
Riga, Latvia
1876-1883
Riga, Latvia
1818
Riga, Latvia
1869
Riga, Latvia
1820-1825
Cēsis, Latvia
13th century
Valmiera, Latvia
1238
Kuldīga, Latvia
1252
Riga, Latvia
1893
Aglona, Latvia
1768-1780
Jelgava, Latvia
1890-1892
Talsi, Latvia
1567
Saldus, Latvia
1900
Riga, Latvia
1760-1814
Liepāja, Latvia
16th 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.