Havdhem Church

#557 among destinations in Sweden

Church, Romanesque architecture

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Havdhem Church is a medieval church in Havdhem on the Swedish island of Gotland. Built during the 12th and 13th centuries, it contains fragments of murals showing influences from Byzantine art. Havdhem Church belongs to the Diocese of Visby. ()

Local name: Havdhems kyrka Coordinates: 57°9'45"N, 18°19'24"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Hablingbo, Hablingbo Church, Grötlingbo Church, Eke Church.

2.8 miNW
Neighbourhood
Hablingbo, Hemse
73 min walk • Hablingbo is a populated area, a socken, on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Hablingbo District, established on 1 January 2016.
2.8 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Hablingbo Church
73 min walk • Hablingbo Church is a medieval church in Hablingbo on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is one of the largest churches on Gotland, and dating largely from the 14th century, although the current church building was preceded by a stave church. The stone portals of the church are comparatively richly decorated.
2.2 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Grötlingbo Church
56 min walk • Grötlingbo Church is a medieval church in Grötlingbo on the Swedish island Gotland. The stately Gothic church contains elements of a Romanesque frieze, incorporated from an earlier church building on the same site. Görtlingbo Church lies within the Diocese of Visby.
2.1 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Eke Church
55 min walk • Eke Church is a medieval church in Eke on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church was built during the 12th and 13th century, with only smaller additions and changes made later. Inside, several medieval murals survive. The church is used by the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
5.2 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture
Hemse Church, Hemse
133 min walk • Hemse Church is a medieval Lutheran church in Hemse on the island of Gotland. Preceded by the most well-preserved early stave church discovered in Sweden, the current church dates mainly from the 13th century.
5.5 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Rone Church
140 min walk • Rone Church is a medieval church in Rone on the Swedish island of Gotland. The Gothic church contains a number of medieval murals. It is part of the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
5.2 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Silte Church
132 min walk • Silte Church is an almost unaltered medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. Silte Church was built during the 13th century and contains a number of medieval fittings as well as murals. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
4.3 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
Näs Church
109 min walk • Näs Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. It was built in the 13th century, and has hardly been altered since. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
3.4 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Alva Church
87 min walk • Alva Church is a medieval church in Alva on the Swedish island of Gotland. The oldest parts of the church date from the late 12th century; with the halted construction of the tower about a century later, building activity ceased.
5.2 miN
Church
Hemse stave church, Hemse
133 min walk • Hemse stave church is a rediscovered stave church from Hemse at Gotland. Before the present Hemse Church was built there was a stave church from the early Christian period in the beginning of the 11th century.
6.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Mästermyr
165 min walk • Mästermyr is a, now mostly drained, mire west of Hemse on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The Mästermyr chest was found here in 1936.