Viklau Church, Gotland

Name: Viklau Church
Address: Gotland, Sweden

#1 among attractions in Gotland

Church, Romanesque architecture

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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. ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: Romanesque artCoordinates: 57°27'56"N, 18°27'23"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Hogrän Church, Roma Abbey, Halla Church, Roma Church.

6.1 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Hogrän Church
157 min walk • Hogrän Church is a medieval church in Hogrän on the Swedish island of Gotland. It was built in stages between the 12th and 14th century, and contains several medieval church fittings. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
3.5 miN
Monastery
Roma Abbey
89 min walk • 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.
3.5 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Halla Church
89 min walk • Halla Church is a medieval church in Halla on the Swedish island Gotland. It is part of the Diocese of Visby.
4.4 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
Roma Church
112 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.
2.8 miNE
Church
Sjonhem Church
71 min walk • Sjonhem Church is a medieval church on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
2.6 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Atlingbo Church
68 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.
5.1 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Buttle Church
131 min walk • 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.
3.6 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Väte Church
93 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.
3.2 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Björke Church
81 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.
2.7 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Guldrupe Church
69 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.
2.2 miSE
Church
Vänge Church
58 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.