Roma Abbey

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Roma Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey and a crown estate in Roma on the Swedish island of Gotland. The abbey was built in the 12th century. After the Reformation, its lands were confiscated by the Crown and subsequently turned into a crown estate. Apart from the ruined church, the estate includes a manor house built in 1733 for the crown estate, known in Swedish as Roma kungsgård. The manorial cultural landscape with avenues and large fields surrounding the ruined church and the manor is unique on Gotland. ()

Local name: Roma kloster Coordinates: 57°30'57"N, 18°27'36"E

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Roma Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Viklau Church, Barlingbo Church, Träkumla Church, Follingbo Church.

3.5 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Viklau Church, Gotland
89 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.
3.4 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture
Barlingbo Church
86 min walk • Barlingbo Church is a medieval church in Barlingbo on the Swedish island of Gotland. It dates from the 13th century and has been altered little since.
6.3 miNW
Church
Träkumla Church
160 min walk • Träkumla Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea. The church retains some murals and furnishings from the Middle Ages. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
5.4 miNW
Church
Follingbo Church
138 min walk • Follingbo Church is a medieval church in Follingbo on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its Romanesque nave and tower are noteworthy for the professionalism with which they were built. It lies in the Diocese of Visby and is used of the Church of Sweden.
1.4 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Halla Church
37 min walk • Halla Church is a medieval church in Halla on the Swedish island Gotland. It is part of the Diocese of Visby.
5.8 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Ekeby Church
149 min walk • Ekeby Church is a medieval church in Ekeby on the Swedish island of Gotland. The oldest parts date from the 12th century, and the church has been little altered since the end of the 13th century. Its interior is richly decorated with medieval murals.
1.1 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Roma Church
28 min walk • Roma Church is a medieval church in Lövsta, Gotland. The church is one of the largest countryside churches on Gotland. Built during the 13th century, it displays influences from Cistercian architecture and may have been used by Dominicans preaching for the Northern Crusades.
3.1 miSE
Church
Sjonhem Church
79 min walk • Sjonhem Church is a medieval church on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
3.6 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Atlingbo Church
91 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.
5.8 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Väte Church
149 min walk • Väte Church is a medieval Lutheran church in Väte on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is in the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden.
1.5 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
Björke Church
40 min walk • Björke Church is a medieval church in Björke on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Diocese of Visby. The nave is the oldest part of Björke Church, dating from the mid-13th century. The choir dates from the middle of the 14th century and replaced an earlier choir, half the size of the present one.