The Visby cathedral was originally built as a catholic cathedral in the late 12th century. It was built for German traders that frequented Visby and financed by the tax that they were required to pay. Today, it is the only medieval church still in use in Visby, the rest being preserved as ruins. After the Reformation, the church was made the seat of the diocese of Visby under the Church of Sweden.
Drottens ruins are the remains of a church built around the 13th or 4th century in Visby. It is right in front of another church ruin, St Lars.
St. Lars is a church in ruins in the town of Visby. The choir, which is the oldest part of the building, probably dates from the 12th century. The church has similarities with Russian sacred architecture.
St. Clement's Church was built in the 13th century on a site that had been a place of worship since the 11th century. It was one of Visby's oldest and largest churches. The site, today in ruins, shares the features of other medieval churches of Gotland.
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