Vantaa / Helsinge / Helsingin maalaiskunta / Helsingin Pitäjä / Vanda

Main image for Vantaa / Helsinge / Helsingin maalaiskunta / Helsingin Pitäjä / Vanda

Image copyright © Pöllö, 2010

CC-BY-3.0

Results: 4 records

view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Saint Lawrence Church in Vantaa, Finland, in winter. The church was established in 1450's. The parish has been the centre of Helsinge (the name of old Vantaa) at least from the 1300's."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint Lawrence Church in Vantaa, Finland, in winter. The church was established in 1450's. The parish has been the centre of Helsinge (the name of old Vantaa) at least from the 1300's."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pöllö, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 March 2010 by Pöllö [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyhän_Laurin_kirkko_Helsingin_pitäjän_kirkko_Saint_Lawrence_Church_Vantaa_Finland_in_winter.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-3.0

view of church interior - chancel

a font is partially visible in the foreground; modern?
Scene Description: a font is partially visible in the foreground; modern?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph; 10 April 2006 (original upload date); No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).
Copyright Instructions: PD-self

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jisis, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2011 by Jisis [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vantaa_Church_Interior.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font in context

a modern font is seen partially in the bottom right-hand corner
Scene Description: a modern font is seen partially in the bottom right-hand corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph; 10 April 2006 (original upload date); No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).
Copyright Instructions: PD-self

INFORMATION

FontID: 21334VAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Vantaan Pyhän Laurin kirkko / Helsinge kyrka S:t Lars
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Kirkkotie 45, 01510 Vantaa, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Uusimaa / Nyland
Directions to Site: Located off (SE) the E18-45 crossroads, NNE of Helsinki
Historical Region: territory of Sweden in the Middle Ages [12th-13thC]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church Notes: present church replaced earlier [pre-1401?] wooden ca. 1450; damaged by fire 1893; reconstructed 1894
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.283133, 24.985969
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 16′ 59.28″ N, 24° 59′ 9.49″ E
UTM: 35V 388635 6684644