St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää is a late medieval fieldstone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a burglar on 21 September 1997.Photo: SpottingHistory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Sastamala, Finland
- Also known as: “St. Olaf’s Church in Tyrvää” and “Tyrvää Old Church”
- Address: Kallialan kirkkotie 50, Sastamala, 38210
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pukstaavi and Sastamalan Sairaala.
Pukstaavi
Museum
Photo: PtG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pukstaavi is a museum, which is situated 2 km southwest of St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää.
Sastamalan Sairaala
Hospital
Photo: PtG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sastamalan Sairaala is a hospital, which is situated 2 km southwest of St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää.
Sastamala Museum
Museum
Photo: PtG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sastamala Museum is situated 2 km southwest of St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalliala and Vammala.
Vammala
Town
Photo: Hamartolos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907. On 1 January 2009, Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.
St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sastamala, Lounais-Pirkanmaa, Pirkanmaa, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.35356° or 61° 21′ 13″ northLongitude
22.94137° or 22° 56′ 29″ eastOpen location code
9GH49W3R+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 237988636OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q7590867
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Swedish—“St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس اولاف فى تيرفا”
- Finnish: “Pyhän Olavin kirkko”
- Finnish: “Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko”
- Finnish: “Tyrvään vanha kirkko”
- French: “Église Saint-Olaf (Tyrvää)”
- French: “église Saint-Olaf”
- French: “Église Saint-Olaf”
- Japanese: “聖オーラヴ教会”
- Japanese: “聖オラフ教会”
- Swedish: “Sankt Olofs kyrka, Tyrvis”
- Swedish: “Sankt Olofs kyrka”
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