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General Information

Other name(s): Johanneksenpuisto Kirkko
Beginning of works: 1888
Completion: 1893
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Church

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 60° 9' 42.48" N    24° 56' 40.92" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 74 m

Excerpt from Wikipedia

St. John's Church (Finnish:Johanneksenkirkko, Swedish:Johanneskyrkan) in Helsinki, Finland is a Lutheran church designed by the Swedish architect Adolf Melander in the Gothic Revival style. It is the largest stone church in Finland by seating capacity.

Situated in the Ullanlinna district of Helsinki, the church was built between 1888 and 1891, the third Lutheran church in Helsinki, and still the biggest. The twin towers are 74 metres in height, and the church seats 2,600 people and has excellent acoustics, and it is therefore used for big concerts and events as well as services. The altarpiece shows Saul's conversion and the painting, called A Divine Revelation, is by Eero Järnefelt, brother-in-law to Jean Sibelius.

Johannes (John) church stands on a hill that for many centuries had been a place for Midsummer bonfires (Midsummer is now also "John's Day", Juhannus in Finnish).

The composer Oskar Merikanto was an organist here for a time.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "St. John''s Church, Helsinki" and modified on June 3, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20023179
  • Published on:
    30/09/2006
  • Last updated on:
    29/07/2014
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