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St. Mary's Church, Turku

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Location
  
Turku

Denomination
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Completed
  
Ca. 1440s

Architectural type
  
Middle Ages

Country
  
Finland

Status
  
Completed

Phone
  
+358 40 3417140

St. Mary's Church, Turku

Address
  
Maunu Tavastin katu 2, 20380 Turku, Finland

Similar
  
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St. Mary's Church (Finnish: Maarian kirkko, Swedish: S:t Marie kyrka) is a medieval stone church located in Maaria, in Turku, Finland. There are no records as to when the present church was built, but the work was probably started in the mid or late 15th century. According to Markus Hiekkanen, the church was probably built in the 1440s, on the basis of the style of the closets; the gables were constructed about 50 years later. There are medieval limestone paintings on the walls, which are not common to other places in Finland. The most valuable artefacts are the wooden altar cabinet and a large altarpiece depicting Christ on the cross.

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St. Mary's Church, Turku Wikipedia