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Petäjävesi Old Church
| Site number: | 584 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | 1763-1765 | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1994 | |
| Location: | Europe, Finland, Region of Central Finland, Province of Western Finland, Petäjävesi | |
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| Description: | Central Finland’s Petäjävesi Old Church was constructed of logs (1763 - 1765). The Lutheran country church is a characteristic example of a uniquely eastern Scandinavian architectural tradition. The site is a fusion of the centrally planned church design of the Renaissance together with older forms that draw from Gothic groin vaults. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| The wooden church of Petäjävesi was inscribed in 1994 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It was built between 1763 and 1765. UNESCO considered it to be a representative Lutheran church of the Scandinavian tradition, mixing Renaissance with older Gothic elements. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/584 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |