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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Niera, 2013
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
view of church interior - nave - looking east
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
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
[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