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The Medieval Church of Lammi and Its Rich History

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Churches are always a treat to photograph – old ones are more interesting to me. This is the medieval church of Lammi was built between 1490 and 1510.

the medieval church of Lammi was built between 1490 and 1510.
A historic the medieval church of Lammi : a stone-and-brick church with an ornate arched entrance, round window, and steep tiled roof under a clear blue sky.

Here is so information to those who are interested.

According to current research, the medieval church of Lammi was built between 1490 and 1510. The church is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a learned virgin martyr who died in the year 307. Before this church, there were two older churches in Lammi, possibly built of wood.

Christianity has probably been known in Lammi already since the 11th century. This view is based on a burial find from the Honkaliini cemetery in Lammi. The first records of the church of Lammi date from the 1420s, and the Lammi administrative parish is mentioned as early as 1374. According to the history of the parish of Lammi, both of these references are based on the research of Väinö Voionmaa. It is likely that the ecclesiastical parish is just as old as Lammi as an administrative parish. The area of the ecclesiastical parish of Lammi was roughly the same as that of the administrative parish, and the parish boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages. The only change has been that Koski HL (now Hämeenkoski), which from the Middle Ages onwards belonged to the parish of Lammi as a chapel congregation, became independent in 1870.

Until 1918 the church had a wooden interior, which was largely destroyed by fire during the Finnish Civil War on 29 April 1918, leaving only the grey stone walls and destroying the 1692 pulpit, part of the archives, the belfry and its medieval bell. The subsequent reconstruction of the church and belfry was designed by architect Usko Nyström, the wall and ceiling paintings were created by artist Bruno Tuukkanen with assistants B. Liukko and J. Grönvall, and the altar crucifix, pulpit sculptures of the evangelists, seven-branched candlesticks and triptych were carved by Austrian-born Ateneum sculpture teacher Johan Friedl.

The large altar table, the altar rail and the pulpit were made in Lammi at Nyberg’s carpentry workshop. The pews were also carved in Lammi. The blue wooden ornamental decoration at the east end of the altar and the hymn board in the chancel were carved by the Lammi artist Taimi Nyberg. The originally wooden belfry was rebuilt so that its lower part is now built of stone. The new bells were obtained from the military church in Papula, Viipuri. The post-fire restoration of the church was completed by Midsummer 1920.

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The Espoo Cathedral interior

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The church was originally designed in the late 15th century by an unknown “Espoo master” and built between 1485 and 1490 under his supervision. The only remaining parts of the medieval church are the eastern and western parts of the nave. The weapons room was removed between 1804 and 1806 and certain other parts of the church, including the original sacristy, were taken apart between 1821 and 1823 when the building was converted into a more spacious cruciform church.

The vaults and walls of the older parts of the cathedral are decorated with murals, largely painted in the 1510s, that depict both biblical scenes and events in the daily life of the people. The paintings were covered in the 18th century as they were thought to be “crude and superstitious” but uncovered again and conserved during renovations in 1931. The current campanile of the cathedral was completed in 1767 and its top part was redone between 1868 and 1869.( Wikipedia)

The Espoo Cathedral

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The church was originally designed in the late 15th century by an unknown “Espoo master” and built between 1485 and 1490 under his supervision. The only remaining parts of the medieval church are the eastern and western parts of the nave. The weapons room was removed between 1804 and 1806 and certain other parts of the church, including the original sacristy, were taken apart between 1821 and 1823 when the building was converted into a more spacious cruciform church.

The vaults and walls of the older parts of the cathedral are decorated with murals, largely painted in the 1510s, that depict both biblical scenes and events in the daily life of the people. The paintings were covered in the 18th century as they were thought to be “crude and superstitious” but uncovered again and conserved during renovations in 1931. The current campanile of the cathedral was completed in 1767 and its top part was redone between 1868 and 1869.( Wikipedia)