Editing Roskilde (section)

===Historic churches===
{{see also|List of churches in Roskilde Municipality}}
[[File:Gammel Vor Frue Kirke Roskilde Denmark.jpg|thumb|Old Church of Our Lady]]
The [[Old Church of Our Lady, Roskilde|Old Church of Our Lady]] (''Gammel Vor Frue Kirke'') is an 11th-century stone church on the southern outskirts of the old town. It is the only surviving [[travertine]] basilica in Denmark with a high central nave opening onto two lower lateral aisles.<ref name=kulturarv>{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/gl-vor-frue-kirke/images/newest/1/img-1352a-jpg|title=Roskildes eneste overlevende klosterkirke|author=Søren Lyder Jacobsen|publisher=Kulturarv|access-date=15 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref> Its carved altarpiece and pulpit from the 1620s are from [[Brix Michgell]]'s Roskilde workshop. The church was attached to a convent for women of rank until the [[Danish Reformation|Reformation]]. It has been called the "Old" Church of Our Lady since 1907 when a new Church of Our Lady was built to the south of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/kob-amt_58-97_02.pdf|title=Roskilde Vor Frue Kirke|publisher=National Museet|access-date=15 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref>

There are two other historic churches in central Roskilde. [[St Ib's Church, Roskilde|St Ib's]] is located below the cathedral plateau near the harbour. Built in travertine around 1100, the Romanesque building was once richly decorated in frescos, remains of which can be seen on the rear wall. It is no longer a functioning church.<ref name=natmus>{{cite web|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/kob-amt_47-57_02.pdf|title=Roskilde S. Ibs Kirke|publisher=National Museet|access-date=17 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/skt-ibs-kirke-i-roskilde/images/newest/1/img-1186-jpg|title=Skt. Ibs Kirke i Roskilde|publisher=Kulturarv|access-date=17 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref> [[St Jørgensbjerg Church]] stands on a little hill to the northwest of the old town, overlooking the fjord. With a nave and chancel in travertine dating from c. 1080, it is Denmark's oldest preserved stone building. It features a carved pulpit from 1616.<ref name=nk>{{cite web|url=http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Sankt_Joergensbjerg_kirke/sankt_joergensbjerg_kirke.htm|title=Roskilde Sankt Jørgensbjerg kirke|publisher=Nordens Kirker|access-date=18 December 2014|language=da|archive-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131091524/http://nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Sankt_Joergensbjerg_kirke/sankt_joergensbjerg_kirke.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitroskilde.com/ln-int/danmark/sct-jorgensbjerg-church-gdk619570|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218103603/http://www.visitroskilde.com/ln-int/danmark/sct-jorgensbjerg-church-gdk619570|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 December 2014|title=Sct. Jørgensbjerg Church|publisher=Visit Roskilde|access-date=18 December 2014 }}</ref>
The [[Sankt Laurentii Church Tower]] is all that remains of the Romanesque Sankt Laurentii Church, built of travertine in the 13th century. It was torn down after the [[Danish Reformation|Reformation]] leaving only the tower which was built at the beginning of the 16th century and now forms part of the former town hall on Stændertorvet.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Arkitektur/Danske_kirker_S-S%C3%A5/Sankt_Laurentii_Kirke|title=Sankt Laurentii Kirke – Roskilde|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=22 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref> It contains a museum where archaeological finds from 1998 can be seen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitroskilde.com/ln-int/danmark/skt-laurentius-st-lawrence-church-gdk619480|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141222203022/http://www.visitroskilde.com/ln-int/danmark/skt-laurentius-st-lawrence-church-gdk619480|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 December 2014|title=Skt. Laurentius (St. Lawrence) Church|publisher=Visit Roskilde|access-date=22 December 2014 }}</ref>