Porvoo / Borgå
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: view of the church a few months before the fire of 29 May 2006
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manu Kerola, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 January 2006 by Manu Kerola [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porvoon_Tuomiokirkko.jpg] [accessed 24 July 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The Porvoo Cathedral in Porvoo, Finland after arson of 2006-05-29. The church was originally built in 13th century and enlarged to the present form in 1414–1418 during the end of the Catholic era."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Olli-Jukka Paloneva, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2006 by Olli-Jukka Paloneva [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church.20060530_PM.porvoo_of_finland.ojp.jpg] [accessed 24 July 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated-with-disclaimers / GFDL-disclamers / CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: the church and its detached bell tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © kallerna, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2010 by kallerna [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porvoo_Cathedral.jpg] [accessed 24 July 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © kallerna, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2010 by kallerna [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porvoon_tuomiokirkko_sisältä.jpg] [accessed 24 July 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 21342POR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Porvoon tuomiokirkko / Borgå domkyrka [Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland]
Church Location: Kirkkotori 1, 06100 Porvoo, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Uusimaa / Nyland
Directions to Site: Located off highway 170 and 1601 crossroads, 48 km E of Helsinki city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Borgå and Diocese of Helsinki
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original 13thC (?) wooden church replaced early-15thC by stone church; damaged by fire and invasions several times; latest restoration 2008
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.397222, 25.6575
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 23′ 50″ N, 25° 39′ 27″ E
UTM: 35V 426021 6696404