# Levide Church > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Levide_Church > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Levide_Church.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levide_Church > Source revision: 1354775302 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox church | name = Levide Church | native_name = Levide kyrka | native_name_lang = [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language) | image = Levide kyrka.jpg | caption = Levide Church, view of the exterior | pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland | pushpin_mapsize = 150px | map_caption = Location on Gotland | coordinates = {{coord|57.2821|18.2664|format=dms|type:landmark_region:SE|display=inline,title}} | country = [Sweden](/source/Sweden) | denomination = [Church of Sweden](/source/Church_of_Sweden) }} '''Levide Church''' ({{langx|sv|Levide kyrka}}) is a medieval church on the Swedish island of [Gotland](/source/Gotland). It lies in the [Diocese of Visby](/source/Diocese_of_Visby). ==History and architecture== Levide Church is a largely [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture) church and has a particular style unlike other countryside churches of Gotland. Parts of the [choir](/source/choir_(architecture)), notably the area around the portal, is however comparable to the northern portal of [Visby Cathedral](/source/Visby_Cathedral) in [Visby](/source/Visby), the main town of the island.{{cite book |editor1-last=Lagerlöf|editor1-first=Erland|last= Lagerlöf|first= Erland|title= Gotlands kyrkor|language=sv|year= 1973|publisher= Rabén & Sjögren|location= Uddevalla|isbn= 9129410355|pages=195–197}} The oldest parts of the church are the aforementioned choir with its [apse](/source/apse), dating from the late 12th century. The [nave](/source/nave) dates from the early 13th century while the tower was erected at the middle of the same century. The [sacristy](/source/sacristy) is the only part of the church which is not medieval. The interior is divided into a nave and two [aisle](/source/aisle)s, divided by four massive pillars. The ceiling is supported by nine vaults. The interior thus forms a [hall church](/source/hall_church), and the influences for the layout probably came from German churches of the time. A more direct model was probably what is today Visby Cathedral. The southern wall of the interior is decorated by [mural](/source/mural)s, probably from the middle of the 15th century and attributed to the so-called [Master of the Passion of Christ](/source/Master_of_the_Passion_of_Christ). They depict apostles and saints, including the Scandinavian saints [Ansgar](/source/Ansgar) and [Bridget of Sweden](/source/Bridget_of_Sweden). In addition, there are some purely decorative paintings, probably from the 13th century. A medieval [processional cross](/source/processional_cross) (14th century) is also preserved in the church. Of later date is the [altarpiece](/source/altarpiece) (1662-63) and a [votive ship](/source/votive_ship) (1748). ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1= Lagerlöf|first1= Erland|last2=Stolt|first2=Bengt|date= 1996|title= Levide kyrka|series= Sveriges kyrkor, konsthistoriskt inventarium|language= sv|volume= 220|url= https://samla.raa.se/xmlui/handle/raa/7065|location= Stockholm|publisher= Almqvist & Wiksell|issn=0284-1894}} ==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Levide kyrka|Levide Church}} {{Churches on Gotland}} Category:Romanesque architecture in Sweden Category:Churches in Gotland County Category:Churches in the Diocese of Visby Category:Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden Category:Church frescos in Sweden --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Levide Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levide_Church) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levide_Church?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.