Helsinki, Finland
1816-1852
Helsinki, Finland
1830-1852
Helsinki, Finland
1816-1845
Helsinki, Finland
1887
Helsinki, Finland
1862-1868
Helsinki, Finland
1905-1910
Helsinki, Finland
1926-1931
Helsinki, Finland
1934-1938
Helsinki, Finland
1969
Helsinki, Finland
1748-1917
Helsinki , Finland
1967
Helsinki, Finland
1829
Helsinki, Finland
1909
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.