Versailles, France
1682
Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France
709 AD
Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France
8th century
Arles, France
90 AD
Avignon, France
1252
Avignon, France
1670-1672
Carcassonne, France
333 AD
Reims, France
13th century
Arles, France
90 AD
Carcassonne, France
c. 1130
Chartres, France
1145-1260
Paris, France
1509-1523
Arles, France
c. 1100
Reims, France
13th century
Amiens, France
c. 1220
Arles, France
300-400 AD
Saint-Émilion, France
12th century
Lyon, France
0-100 BC
Arles, France
0-100 BC
Nancy, France
1756
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.