Drottens Kyrkoruin, often known as the ruins of S:t Trinitatis or Trefaldighetskyrkan in Visby, Gotland, was built around 1240 as a parish church for German speakers in Sankt Drottens parish. It was rebuilt and expanded later in the Middle Ages, only to be abandoned in 1528 during the townspeople's inventory. The church's ribbed vault may have served as a model for Lokrume kyrka's choir. Theodor Lundberg's statue of Christopher Polhem stands at the ruins, unveiled in 1911. The title 'Drottens Kyrkoruin' suggests a past when Visby was not under Swedish rule, and the term 'drott' had a different meaning.
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