FINLAND - Petäjävesi Old Church

Location of PETÄJÄVESI in FINLAND

PETÄJÄVESI

This municipality is located in the province of Western Finland, next to Jyväskylä and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of about 4 000 inhabitants.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The Petäjävesi Old Church is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Karikkoselkä impact crater is located southeast of the municipal centre.

PETÄJÄVESI Old Church

The Petäjävesi Old Church (Finnish : Petäjäveden vanha kirkko) is a wooden church located in Petäjävesi. The clock tower that has been built in 1821 is connected to it.

The church is located from the centre of Petäjävesi to the kilometre west about. The church stayed from the use during the year 1879 when in 1867 the new church of the congregation which has become independent was completed to the present centre densely populated area of Petäjävesi. The old church has retained its original appearance and its interior decoration exceptionally well. It is a popular marital church and summer most Sunday nowadays, there God's services are kept.

UNESCO World Heritage Site :

PETÄJÄVESI OLD CHURCH

Date of inscription : 1994

UNESCO brief description :

Petäjävesi Old Church, in central Finland, was built of logs between 1763 and 1765. This Lutheran country church is a typical example of an architectural tradition that is unique to eastern Scandinavia. It combines the Renaissance conception of a centrally planned church with older forms deriving from Gothic groin vaults.

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