Visby No. 4

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18289VIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2012-08-18
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Late Romanesque / Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: S:t Hans kyrka [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: probably abandoned after the Reformation; demolished in the 18th and 19th centuries; ruins maintained in Visby town centre
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: the ruins of this church are located inside the Visby walls
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Visby församling
Font Notes:
[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

UTM: 34V 338391 6391610
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.637778, 18.292778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 38′ 16″ N, 18° 17′ 34″ E