Nyon, Switzerland
45 BC
Avenches, Switzerland
2th century AD
Augst, Switzerland
44 BC
Lausanne, Switzerland
15 BC
Chur, Switzerland
15 BCE
Windisch, Switzerland
c. 50 AD
Avenches, Switzerland
2nd century AD
Avenches, Switzerland
98 AD
Orbe, Switzerland
1st century AD
Winterthur, Switzerland
around 4 BC
Pfäffikon, Switzerland
294-375 AD
Bern, Switzerland
1st century BCE
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.