St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää Sastamala Finland


St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää is a late medieval stone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a pyromaniac in 1997.[1] 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


Size: 4967px × 3312px
Location: Sastamala Finland
Photo credit: © Antti Hirvikoski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: architecture, building, church, cross, finland, gate, history, late, medieval, olafs, religion, religiousness, roof, sastamala, shingle, snow, st., stone, structure, winter