Vehkalahti in Hamina / Fredrikshamn / Veckelax / Vehkalahden Uusikaupunki / Veckelax Nystad

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view of church exterior - east side - detail

Scene Description: Source: "The consecration cross of the Saint Mary Church in Hamina, Finland." -- Hiekkanen (2007: 543) captions this limestone cross as being either from the original 15thC building or an earlier one from the 13th or 14thC

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2013 by Niera [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marian_kirkon_vihkiristi.JPG] [accessed 25 July 2017]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 January 2007 by Niera [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marian_kirkko_talvella_2.JPG] [accessed 25 July 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2014 by Niera [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_view_of_Saint_Mary_Church_in_Hamina.JPG] [accessed 25 July 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21350VEH
Church/Chapel: Vehkalahtin Marian kirkko / Vehkalahden kirkko
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Pikkuympyräkatu 34, 49400 Hamina, Finland -- Tel.: +358 5 2103000
Country Name: Finland
Location: Kymenlaakso
Directions to Site: Located off the E18, 80 km from Vyborg, 150 km from Helsinki
Historical Region: Karelia
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original church mid-15thC, first documented 1396; ravaged by fire 1821; re-built/restored 1818; restored 1963; restored 2013
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.570167, 27.201722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 34' 12.6" N, 27° 12' 6.2" E
UTM: 35V 511057 6714929