Taivassalo / Tövsala
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2009 by Alphaios [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taivassalon_kirkko.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21367TAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Taivassalon kirkko / Pyhän Ristin kirkko
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: Keskustie 6, 23310 Taivassalo, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland
Directions to Site: Located 14 km from Vehmaa and Askainen, 25 km from Naantali and Mynämäki, 28 km from Rymättylä
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Turku
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original wooden church ptobably 13thC; present church 1425-1440; expanded 1460 and frescoes painted at this time;
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: 60.563194, 21.6075
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60 ° 33 '47.5 "N, 21 ° 36' 27" E
UTM: 34V 533307 6714289