Valletta, Malta
1569
Valletta, Malta
1573-1578
Valletta, Malta
Mdina, Malta
1697-1702
Valletta, Malta
1566
Valletta, Malta
1731
Mdina, Malta
700 BC-1746
Valletta, Malta
16th century
Gozo, Malta
c. 1500
Gozo, Malta
3600-2500 BC
Qrendi, Malta
3700-3200 BC
Mosta, Malta
1833-1871
Rabat, Malta
1726
Rabat, Malta
300-400 AD
Rabat, Malta
c. 75 BC
Valletta, Malta
1552–1570
Tarxien, Malta
3150-3000 BC
Qrendi, Malta
3600-3200 BC
Valletta, Malta
13th century
Attard, Malta
17th 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.