Explore the historic highlights of Trier
Trier, Germany
1904
Trier, Germany
c. 1230
Trier, Germany
4th century / 1235
Trier, Germany
1284-1344
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186-200 AD
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310 AD
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0-200 AD
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1877
Trier, Germany
2nd century AD
Trier, Germany
1947
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100-200 AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Trier, Germany
1734-1753
Trier, Germany
977 AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Trier, Germany
1779
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.