Valleberga Church

Coordinates: 55°25′43.4″N 14°3′45″E / 55.428722°N 14.06250°E / 55.428722; 14.06250

Valleberga Church

Valleberga Church is a church in Valleberga, Sweden and Löderup Parish. It is the only known fortified round church in Skåne. A reason for the building of the round church was that the master mason of the church, Carl Stenmester, also built churches on Bornholm, where round churches were common. The baptismal font was cut by the Romanesque artist known today as Majestatis and shows one of the legends about Saint Peter and Paul of Tarsus.

In 1791, the round church was demolished and extensions were made to the north, west and south. These extensions were demolished in 1908–1910 when the round church was restored and a large cathedral-like extension was made to the west, including a new tower.

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Churches in the province of Scania (Skåne), Sweden

All Saints, Lund Anderslöv Bodarp Bollerup Bonderup Brunnby Båstad Caroli Church, Malmö Dalköpinge Everlöv Everöd Falsterbo Farhult Felestad Fru Alstad Färlöv Gislöv Gylle Hammarlunda Hammarlöv Hardeberga Holy Spirit Hällestad St. John's, Malmö Kyrkoköpinge Lund Cathedral St. Mary's, Ystad Nosaby St. Peter's, Malmö St. Peter's, Lund Simlinge Sireköpinge Skanör Skårby Sofia Albertina, Landskrona Sövestad Stora Hammar Old Church Stora Råby Södra Sandby Trinity, Kristianstad Valleberga Västra Hoby Vittskövle Östra Hoby Östra Torp

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