Præstø Church, Præstø, Denmark

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Claus Strøm Madsen (10 months ago)
Beautiful church, which quite extraordinarily has two large organs. It seems like two churches that have merged together, but there is only an altar in the northern half :-) It is just so beautiful facing the water and the cemetery is also both beautiful and well-kept. We didn't get to go to a church service there, just saw the place as tourists. It is worth a visit. The church has a website that can tell you when it is open, so you can see the inside.

Jan Sognnes Rasmussen (18 months ago)
A truly beautiful medieval church, located high above the Præstø fjord.

Gert Jakobsen (2 years ago)
Was there in connection with a funeral. The church is a nice old church, all in all a good experience after all

Iris Jakobsen (3 years ago)
Have been to Præstø church several times, it is a really nice church, with a very special floor, and a very well maintained church yard

Christian Holten (5 years ago)
Beautiful church room & interesting and successful extension to the south

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.

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