Tallinn, Estonia
1322
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1319
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1407-1410
Tallinn, Estonia
1894-1900
Tallinn, Estonia
1229
Tallinn, Estonia
1230-1270
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1597
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1246
Tallinn, Estonia
1475-1483
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1267
Tallinn, Estonia
13-14th century
Tallinn, Estonia
2012
Tallinn, Estonia
1830-1837
Tallinn, Estonia
1718
Tallinn, Estonia
1417
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.