Lärbro Church

Local nameLärbro kyrka
LocationLärbro, Sweden

Lärbro Church is a medieval church in Lärbro on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church is located at a former strategically important spot, as testified by the adjacent fortified tower. The presently visible Gothic church replaced an earlier Romanesque church during the 13th and 14th century. The cemetery of the church contains several graves of victims from Nazi concentration camps who were taken to a field hospital in Lärbro during and after World War II.

The octagonal church tower is one of the most unusual on the island; incomparable to other church towers outside Visby. It may have been built to house a chapel dedicated to Saint Olaf. The rest of the church is constructed in a more traditional style, similar to other churches on Gotland. It contains medieval murals and an altarpiece from around 1400, among other furnishings. The church is in the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden, and classified as an ecclesiastical monument by the Swedish National Heritage Board.

Tags ChristianPlace of WorshipLutheran
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lärbro_Church

Address Kyrkvägen, 62452, Sweden

Coordinates 57°47'13.816" N 18°47'37.365" E

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