S:ta Karin ruin — Attraction in Gotland Municipality

The Gothic interior of St Catherine's Church is rated the most beautiful of all the rains of Visby. During the Middle Ages the north front overlooked a narrow lane, which accounts for it being more plainly executed. The church was fronted by Visby's courthouse until the end of the 17th century. St Catherine's Church belonged to one of Sweden's first Fran ciscan monasteries, founded in Visby in 1233. The friars were mendicant order.

Both the church and the monastery buildings to the south of it were completed by about 1250. By the early 14th cen tury, the popularity of the Franciscans was calling for a new church. St Catherine's was now widened and tall, fine win dows installed in the chancel. St Catherine's Church is de dicated to St Catherine of Alexandria. The small monastery survived until the...

S:ta Karin ruin is a very beautiful church that is in ruins. This church is really massive and the architectural and Engineering designed to it is very beautiful. It must have been a very beautiful church when it was first built and before it fell apart. It must have had a lot of beautiful stained glass throughout the whole church and can only imagine what it look like! It is situated right in the center of town next to the Town Square where they hold the Renaissance faire. Definitely a must-see when you are...

This is basically their signature temple ruin in the middle of the town square. Some people get this mixed up with st Nicholai but this is the one you want to be visiting. It is bigger and better than the other temple ruins although unlike the other temple ruins you cannot go to a second floor. No entree fee and it’s easily walkable from...