Visby No. 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 18289VIS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: S:t Hans kyrka [in ruins]

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Gotland, Gotllands län

Directions to Site: the ruins of this church are located inside the Visby walls

Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Visby församling

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque / Gothic?

Church Notes: probably abandoned after the Reformation; demolished in the 18th and 19th centuries; ruins maintained in Visby town centre

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font from this church] [cf. other Index entries for Visby No. 3 for views of the ruins of the other town churches]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.637778, 18.292778

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 38′ 16″ N, 18° 17′ 34″ E

UTM: 34V 338391 6391610