Ruokolahti Church | |
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Ruokolahden kirkko | |
61°17′04″N28°49′47″E / 61.28444°N 28.82986°E | |
Location | Ruokolahti |
Country | Finland |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Website | ruokolahdenseurakunta |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Protected |
Architect(s) | Ernst Lohrmann |
Style | Neogothic (partly) [1] |
Completed | 1854 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | c. 1,200 [1] |
Number of spires | 1 |
Materials | Timber |
Administration | |
Parish | Ruokolahti parish (Ruokolahden seurakunta) |
Ruokolahti Church (Finnish : Ruokolahden kirkko, Swedish : Ruokolax kyrka) is the Lutheran church in the town centre of Ruokolahti, in south-eastern Finland, and the main church of the Ruokolahti parish.
The church was designed in 1852 by a leading architect of the mid-19th century in Finland, Ernst Lohrmann, constructed of timber, and completed in 1854. [1] [2] The belfry predates the current church by 100 years, having been built in 1752 for the previous church in the same spot. [1] The church and belfry have been designated and protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö). [2]
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Ruokolahti Church is featured in a famous 1887 painting by Albert Edelfelt, Ruokolahden eukkoja kirkonmäellä (lit. 'Women outside the Church at Ruokolahti'), housed in the Ateneum art museum of the Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki. [3]
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