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Results: 4 records

view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2006 by Nuffle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oleviste_kirik_in_Tallinn,_Estonia.jpg] [accessed 7 June 2013]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west tower - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2013 by John Wilkes

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken May 2013 by John Wilkes

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking west

INFORMATION

FontID: 18496TAL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Oleviste kirik [Ólafskirkju, St. Olaf’s Church / St. Olav's Church]

Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]

Church Location: Lai 50, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia -- Tel.: +372 641 2241

Country Name: Estonia

Location: Harju maakond / Harjumaa

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Tallinn [Lutheran]

Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes for his photographs of this church

Church Notes: "believed to have been built in the 12th century and to have been the centre for old Tallinn's Scandinavian community before Denmark conquered Tallinn in 1219. Its dedication relates to King Olaf II of Norway (a.k.a. Saint Olaf, 995-1030)" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Olaf%27s_Church,_Tallinn] [accessed 7 June 2013]

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the baptismal of the medieval church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.441417, 24.747806

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 26′ 29.1″ N, 24° 44′ 52.1″ E

UTM: 35V 372282 6591368