Malmö, Sweden
16th century
Lund, Sweden
1080-1145
Helsingborg, Sweden
1310s
Ystad, Sweden
500-1000 AD
Ystad, Sweden
1267
Simrishamn, Sweden
1499-1506
Höör, Sweden
1080
Svedala, Sweden
1540
Kivik, Sweden
c. 1000 BC
Dalby, Sweden
1060
Vittskövle, Sweden
1553
Svalöv, Sweden
1760s
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.