Athens, Greece
447 BC
Athens, Greece
c. 495-429 BC
Athens, Greece
421-406 BCE
Athens, Greece
437 BC
Athens, Greece
420 BCE
Athens, Greece
420 BCE
Athens, Greece
161 AD
Athens, Greece
6th century BC
Athens, Greece
132 AD
Athens, Greece
159 BCE (1952-1956)
Athens, Greece
1836-1843
Athens, Greece
1866-1889
Athens, Greece
5th century BCE
Athens, Greece
1668-1670
Athens, Greece
19-11 BC
Athens, Greece
2009
Athens, Greece
6th century BC
Athens, Greece
520 BC
Athens, Greece
450 BCE
Athens, Greece
131-132 AD
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.