In the 1230s, two brothers from the Order of Saint Dominic came to Sigtuna. They had been here before to found a Dominican convention in the city but failed. Now the conditions looked better. Land had been leased and there was political will to support the construction. The Dominicans used a new, ground breaking technology: bricks. This was the first time bricks were used in the Mälardalen region. The brothers made them themselves and burned in kilns north of the church. The Church of St. Mary was executed in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic and it looked very different from the usual stone churches of the time. The size of the church, the color of the bricks and the light inside the church room must have made a divine impression on all visitors. The church included a large convention. It was closed and demolished during the Reformation. Gustav Vasa then also closed all the stone churches in Sigtuna.

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