Église Saint-Pantaléon Church was built in the 12th century. The first patron saint was saint Himère. After the epidemic of plague between the years 1337 and 1348, saint Pantaleon was chosen as saint patron. In 1835 as the church was too small, a new one was built. But from 1850, many cracks in the walls appeared. In 1874 and 1878, a new church was built with a larger nave. The roman bell tower was preserved. Behind the church, there are some archways from an old chapel Saint-Michel, which was an ossuary.
References: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.