Fide | |
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 Fide Church | |
  Fide | |
| Coordinates:57°4′25″N18°18′58″E / 57.07361°N 18.31611°E /57.07361; 18.31611 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Gotland |
| County | Gotland County |
| Municipality | Gotland Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.01 km2 (5.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 118 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Fide is a populated area, asocken (not to be confused withparish), on the Swedish island ofGotland.[3] It comprises the same area as theadministrative Fide District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]
Fide is situated on the narrow southern isthmus that connects the Storsudret peninsula to Gotland.[5] Themedieval Fide Church is located in the socken.[6] As of 2019[update], Fide Church belongs to Hoburgparish in Sudretspastorat, along with the churches inÖja,Hamra,Vamlingbo andSundre.[7][8]
One of theasteroids in theasteroid belt,10123 Fideöja, isnamed after this place and the neighboringÖja socken.[9]
On a wall of theFide Church is a 115 by 92 cm (45 by 36 in) piece of 13th-centurygraffiti depicting a ship. It was carved into the plaster while it was still soft during the construction of the church. It is the first image of acog in the world. The proportions differ slightly from those of the later medieval cogs and it corresponds with a cog-like ship from the 12th century, found at Kronholmen inVästergarn during the construction of agolf course. Both the image and the ship find are seen as examples of boats in the transition fromVikinglongships to cogs.[10][11] Similar carving have been found on the walls of the church tower inAla.[12]
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