Saint Katarina (St Catherine's) church, with the gothic interior, is rated the most beautiful of all the ruins of Visby.
<p>The Church was founded in 1233 and is dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria. It belonged to one of Sweden's first Franciscan
monasteries and the friars were mendicant order.
</p><p>By the early 14th century, the popularity of the Franciscans was calling for a new church and the church was now widened and tall,
fine windows installed in the chancel.
</p><p>St Catherine's symbols are the sword and the wheel, which has become known as the Catherine wheel.
</p><p>The small monastery survived until the 16th century.
</p><p>Credits:
</p><p>Creative Commons / Public domain
</p><p>Photos and paintings:
<a class="external free" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Catherine_in_Visby">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Catherine_in_Visby</a>
</p><p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voyages_de_la_Commission_scientifique_du_Nord,_en_Scandinavie,_en_Laponie,_au_Spitzberg_et_aux_Fer%C3%B6e_-_no-nb_digibok_2009040211001-64.jpg" title="File:Voyages de la Commission scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe - no-nb digibok 2009040211001-64.jpg">File:Voyages_de_la_Commission_scientifique_du_Nord,_en_Scandinavie,_en_Laponie,_au_Spitzberg_et_aux_Feröe_-_no-nb_digibok_2009040211001-64.jpg</a>
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</p><p><a class="external free" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_060.jpg">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_060.jpg</a>
</p><p>Music:
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Telepathic_Teddy_Bear/Reactions/Telepathic_Teddy_Bear_-_Reactions_-_03_The_Churches">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Telepathic_Teddy_Bear/Reactions/Telepathic_Teddy_Bear_-_Reactions_-_03_The_Churches</a> v
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3e-Qdoj1XkKrhSCv7x8ow">The Swedish Museum</a>
CC BY 3.0
<bdo lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:YouTube_files" title="Commons:YouTube files">YouTube</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU0FFUb-EmA"><bdi lang="">Saint Katarina Church Ruin – Visby World Heritage</bdi></a> – View/save archived versions on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU0FFUb-EmA">archive.org</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU0FFUb-EmA">archive.today</a></bdo>