walls

Walls and Alcazar of Segovia

Segovia, Spain
12th century

Kraków Defence Walls

Stare Miasto, Poland
Medieval

Medieval Walls of Avila

Ávila, Spain
11th century

Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany
1961

Roman Walls of Córdoba

Córdoba, Spain
206 BCE

Walls of Seville

Seville, Spain
68-65 BCE

Vannes City Walls

Vannes, France
14-15th centuries

Astorga Roman Walls

Astorga, Spain
3rd century AD

Le Mans Roman Walls

Le Mans, France
300 AD

Venetian Walls of Bergamo

Bergamo, Italy
1561

A Coruña City Walls

A Coruña, Spain
13th century

City walls of Toledo

Toledo, Spain
0-100 AD

Roman Walls of Lugo

Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD

Walls of León

León, Spain
200-300 AD

Piran Town Walls

Piran, Slovenia
1470-1538

Walls of Ston

Ston, Croatia
1358

Mansilla de las Mulas Walls

Mansilla de las Mulas, Spain
12th century

Roman Town Walls

Ljubljana, Slovenia
14-15 AD

Elbasan Castle Walls

Elbasan, Albania
15th century

Visby Cathedral

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.