Córdoba, Spain
784 AD
Seville, Spain
1401
Oviedo, Spain
790s AD
Oviedo, Spain
781 AD
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1075
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Oviedo, Spain
761 AD
Oviedo, Spain
1590
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1587
Valencia, Spain
1238
Toledo, Spain
1226-1493
Valencia, Spain
13th century
Valencia, Spain
13th century
Burgos, Spain
1221
Granada, Spain
1518
Burgos, Spain
1408
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1599
Madrid, Spain
1879
León, Spain
c. 1205
Madrid, Spain
1786-1795
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.