Buttle Church

#391 among destinations in Sweden

Church, Romanesque architecture

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Buttle Church is a medieval church in Buttle on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is one of the more well-preserved Romanesque churches on Gotland, and contains both a number of medieval furnishings as well medieval murals. Buttle Church belongs to the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden. ()

Local name: Buttle kyrka Coordinates: 57°24'10"N, 18°31'48"E

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GotlandSweden

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Buttle Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Viklau Church, Tjängvide image stone, Etelhem Church, Ala Church.

5.1 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Viklau Church, Gotland
131 min walk • Viklau Church is a medieval church on Gotland, Sweden. It is a well-preserved Romanesque church in which several medieval items have been preserved. The most famous of these is the Viklau Madonna, today housed in the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.
6.1 miSE
Stela
Tjängvide image stone, Gotland
156 min walk • The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as Gotland Runic Inscription 110 or G 110, is a Viking Age image stone from Tjängvide, which is about three kilometers west of Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden.
4.7 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Etelhem Church
120 min walk • Etelmhem Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. The largely Gothic church contains medieval murals and a 12th-century baptismal font by the sculptor Hegvald. The church is used by the Church of Sweden and part of Diocese of Visby.
4.1 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Ala Church
104 min walk • Ala Church is a medieval church in Ala on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its oldest parts date from the 12th century. Damaged by fire in the 1930s, it still contains medieval murals and its original baptismal font.
7.4 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Atlingbo Church
190 min walk • Atlingbo Church is a medieval church in Atlingbo on the Swedish island Gotland. Atlingbo Church was built in stages during the 13th century, with only the sacristy being of later date. The church contains a decorated Romanesque baptismal font made by the workshop or sculptor known as Byzantios.
4.3 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Guldrupe Church
110 min walk • Guldrupe Church is a medieval church in Guldrupe on the island of Gotland. Its peculiar shape is due to the nave being older than the choir. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
3.5 miN
Church
Vänge Church
89 min walk • Vänge Church is a medieval church in Vänge on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Its oldest parts date to circa 1200. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
6.1 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Alskog Church
156 min walk • Alskog Church is a medieval church in Alskog on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church in its entirety dates from the 13th century, with the last additions probably being made c. 1300. A few alterations are of later date. It contains several medieval furnishings, as well as some medieval stained glass windows.
6.1 miSE
Zoo
Gutezoo, Ljugarn
156 min walk • Gutezoo was a Swedish zoo in Alskog, close to Ljugarn on the island Gotland in Sweden. The zoo was founded by Peter Molin in 1993, and displayed kangaroos, sebra, camel, rabbits and more than five hundred animals from sixty species.