Pohja in Raasepori / Pojo in Raseborg

Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009

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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Scene Description: the detached bell tower

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2009 by Antti Bilund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pohja_church_bell_tower_1_AB.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2017]

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view of church exterior - north view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 July 2009 by Antti Bilund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pohja_church_3_AB.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2017]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the church on the left and its bell tower on the right; in the foreground is a military cemetery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hotarju, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2011 by Hotarju [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pohja_sh_2011.JPG] [accessed 8 August 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21383POH
Church/Chapel: Pohjan kirkko Neitsyt Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Gamla Åbovägen 77 / Keskusraitti 2, 10420 Raasepori, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Uusimaa / Nyland
Directions to Site: Located 4 km SSW of Fiskars, 15 km NNE of Raasepori / Raseborg, ESE of Turku, W of Helsinki
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: present late-15thC church replaced earlier wooden one destroyed by fire;
[NB: we have no information on the font of the pre-15th century church here; it may have been destroyed in a fire].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.095806, 23.522306
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 5′ 44.9″ N, 23° 31′ 20.3″ E
UTM: 34V 640259 6664758