Kolari Old Church

Kolari, Finland

The Old Church of Kolari, also known as the Kolarinsaari Church, is a cubelike wooden church completed in 1819. It’s designed by A.W. Arppe and the altarpiece is painted by J. Hedman as well as in many other 19th century churches in the Lapland and Oulu area.

Address

Siltatie, Kolari, Finland

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Details

Founded: 1818-1819
Category: Religious sites in Finland
Historical period: Russian Grand Duchy (Finland)

Rating

4.3/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Kengis Forge (19,8 km)
Pajala Church (22,1 km)

User Reviews

Mikael Roosbacka (10 months ago)
Beautiful old wooden church! ? I participated in a summer song evening, which was attended by many children and their parents.

DennisvandenBroek. nl (16 months ago)
Beautiful church on the water

Jere Santavuori (3 years ago)
Very pretty well maintained church. Hiding on a mini-island and hidden inside a forest. But cool part of the history

Eva-Maria Törnroos (4 years ago)
Church closed and no infotmation in place. But it is beautiful from the outside and there is also an undebarvstarnd nearby

markku tuira (4 years ago)
I've been working 10 / year crash parish / barber cutting a lawn that is 1 / times viikkossa ie Mondays and if it rained on Monday, then gets to choose jolloun-day sun is shining, the lawn is dry !!!

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