St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää (Finnish: Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko, Swedish: Tyrvis Sankt Olofs kyrka) is a late medieval fieldstone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a burglar on 21 September 1997.[1]
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää | |
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Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko | |
![]() St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | rebuilt 1997–2003 |
Status | active |
Location | |
Location | Vammala, Sastamala, Finland |
Geographic coordinates | 61°21′13″N 022°56′29″E |
Architecture | |
Style | Medieval |
Website | |
www.pyhaolavi.fi |
From 1997 to 2003 the church was rebuilt by local people and the interior paintings were created by painters Kuutti Lavonen and Osmo Rauhala.[1]
The reconstruction of the church is documented in the book St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää by Kuutti Lavonen, Osmo Rauhala, and Pirjo Silveri.
References
- Church of St Olaf Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää at Wikimedia Commons
- St Olaf’s Church in Tyrvää
- Contemporary church painters create spirit of renovated 16th church, in Helsingin Sanomat
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