Sodankylä Old Church
Sodankylä Old Church is a 17th-century wooden church located near the Kitinen River in the Sodankylä municipality in Lapland, Finland. The church is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in Finland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Sodankylä, Finland, built in 1689
- Also known as: “Lapp Church”, “Sodankylä Church”, and “Sodankylan Vanha Kirkko”
- Address: Kirkkotie 6, Sodankylä
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sodankylä Church and The Alariesto Museum and Gallery.
Sodankylä Church
Church
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The Sodankylä Church is the 19th-century grey stone church located in the Sodankylä municipality in Lapland, Finland. The building was designed by Ludvig Isak Lindqvist, and it was completed in 1859. Sodankylä Church is situated 120 metres southwest of Sodankylä Old Church.
The Alariesto Museum and Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: HeiPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alariesto Museum and Gallery is an art gallery, which is situated 140 metres west of Sodankylä Old Church.
Sodankylä bus station
Bus station
Photo: Mikkoau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sodankylä bus station is situated 630 metres northwest of Sodankylä Old Church.
Sodankylä Old Church
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sodankylä, Pohjois-Lappi, North-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.41462° or 67° 24′ 53″ northLongitude
26.59685° or 26° 35′ 49″ eastElevation
187 metres (614 feet)Inception
1689Levels
1Open location code
9GV8CH7W+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 397056695OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranGeoNames ID
13484983Wikidata ID
Q435798
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Sodankylä Old Church” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sodankyläko eliza zaharra”
- Dutch: “Sodankylä Old Church”
- Finnish: “Sodankylän kirkko”
- Finnish: “Sodankylän vanha kirkko”
- Finnish: “Sodankylän Vanha Kirkko”
- German: “Alte Kirche von Sodankylä”
- Swedish: “Sodankylä gamla kyrka”
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