Drotten Church was built in the 13th century and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It is commonly known as Drotten "- an Old Norse word for "ruler" and "God".
The upper floor of the tower was probably fitted out as a chapel with a quint looking down into the body of the church. The chancel is decorated with dogtooth carvings and an Anglo-Norman zigzag pattern to be found nowhere else in Gotland. The church was abandoned at theReformation in the 16th century.
The upper floor of the tower was probably fitted out as a chapel with a quint looking down into the body of the church. The chancel is decorated with dogtooth carvings and an Anglo-Norman zigzag pattern to be found nowhere else in Gotland. The church was abandoned at theReformation in the 16th century.
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