Oslo, Norway
1883-1884
Oslo, Norway
1694-1697
Bergen, Norway
c. 1181
Bergen, Norway
1870
Trondheim, Norway
1070-1300
Oslo, Norway
1880
Tromsø, Norway
1861
Stavanger, Norway
c. 1100-1150
Bergen, Norway
1130s
Trondheim, Norway
c. 1200
Bergen, Norway
12th century
Oslo, Norway
1896
Arendal, Norway
1888
Oslo, Norway
1858
Bergen, Norway
1181
Bergen, Norway
1891-1894
Bergen, Norway
1621
Lom, Norway
1158
Oslo, Norway
1868
Oslo, Norway
1892
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.