Vittskövle Church is a parish church in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne, in the Diocese of Lund. Its oldest parts are Romanesque, built in the late 12th or early 13th century. The article names no architect or client, and gives no materials or dimensions for the walls.
A north chapel dedicated to Saint Anne and the vaults date to the 15th century, and the tower to the 16th. The Barnekow family's grave chapel on the south side was added in the 17th century. The oak pulpit, with sculpture and gilding, dates to 1704 to 1705, and the sandstone baptismal font to the Middle Ages.
Vault murals from the 1480s show stories from Genesis, and the chancel shows the legend of Saint Nicholas. The Saint Anne chapel has the evangelists' symbols and four medieval female saints: Barbara, Ursula, Gertrude and Catherine. The murals were painted over later and restored in the 20th century.
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