Lye Church

Lye Church
Lye kyrka
Exterior view from the south-east
Lye Church Location on Gotland
57°17′52″N 18°31′35″E / 57.2979°N 18.5264°E / 57.2979; 18.5264
Country	Sweden
Denomination	Church of Sweden

Lye Church (Swedish: Lye kyrka) is a medieval church on Gotland, Sweden. The oldest parts of the church date from the last quarter of the 12th century, and the last major addition was the disproportionately large chancel, built during the second quarter of the 14th century by a workshop known by its notname as Egypticus. The workshop was also responsible for constructing the largest of the church portals, which is also decorated with Gothic stone sculpture. The tower portal contains sculptures attributed to the Romanesque sculptor Sigraf. The church has been little altered since the end of the Middle Ages. Lye Church contains the largest preserved set of medieval stained glass windows in the Nordic countries, and its interior is also decorated by medieval wall paintings, uncovered in the 1950s. The altarpiece is from 1496, and the church also contains a triumphal cross from the same period.