Schleswig, Germany
c. 770 AD
Oslo, Norway
1926
Roskilde, Denmark
Peel, United Kingdom
11th century
Jelling, Denmark
10th century
Tønsberg, Norway
871 AD
Vestvågøy, Norway
500 - 950 AD
Trondheim, Norway
1658
Newfoundland, Canada
950-1050 AD
Staraja Ladoga, Russia
ca. 1114
Trelleborg, Sweden
10th century
Nørresundby, Denmark
400 - 1050 AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
7th century AD
Narsaq, Greenland
1000 AD
Hobro, Denmark
10th century
Odense, Denmark
975 AD
Izborsk, Russia
9th century AD
Stykkið, Faroe Islands
900-1000 AD
Castletown, United Kingdom
850-950 AD
Slagelse, Denmark
10th century
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.