UNESCO Welterbe

UNESCO-Welterbestätten weltweit

Petäjävesi Old Church

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
Finland
Einschreibungsjahr
1994
Kriterien
(iv)
UNESCO-ID
584

Beschreibung

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.