Mustasaari in Vaasa / Korsholm in Waaa

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view of church exterior

Source caption: "Ruins of Saint Mary Church in Old Vaasa, Finland." [i.e. the old church of Mustasaari / Korsholm]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ruins of Saint Mary Church in Old Vaasa, Finland." [i.e. the old church of Mustasaari / Korsholm]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonund, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2007 by Jonund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gamla_Vasa_kyrkoruiner_1.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2017]
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view of church exterior

the new church of Mustasaari / Korsholm replaced the medieval church that burned down in 1852 -- the source caption of this image: "Korsholms kyrka i Gamla Vasa, Finland, byggdes år 1786 och var ursprungligen hovrättsbyggnad", notes that this building of 1876 was originally built as the court of appeal
Scene Description: the new church of Mustasaari / Korsholm replaced the medieval church that burned down in 1852 -- the source caption of this image: "Korsholms kyrka i Gamla Vasa, Finland, byggdes år 1786 och var ursprungligen hovrättsbyggnad", notes that this building of 1876 was originally built as the court of appeal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matias Ericsson, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 25 July 2005 taken by Matias Ericsson [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Korsholms_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - belfry

Source caption: "Ruins of the belfry of Saint Mary Church in Old Vaasa, Finland." [i.e. the old church of Mustasaari / Korsholm]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ruins of the belfry of Saint Mary Church in Old Vaasa, Finland." [i.e. the old church of Mustasaari / Korsholm]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonund, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2007 by Jonund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gamla_Vasa_kyrkoruiner_Klockstapeln.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2017]
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view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "Vy över staden Vasa (Gamla Vasa) från nordost, 1840-tal" -- This northeast view of Vaasa was taken before the 1852 fire that destroyed the old church of St. Mary at Mustasaari / Korsholm. The old church was never re-built; a new church was built in its instead
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vy över staden Vasa (Gamla Vasa) från nordost, 1840-tal" -- This northeast view of Vaasa was taken before the 1852 fire that destroyed the old church of St. Mary at Mustasaari / Korsholm. The old church was never re-built; a new church was built in its instead
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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1840 lithograph by Johan Knutsson [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg] [accessed 9 August 2017]
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view of church interior - detail

Source caption: "Ruins of Saint Mary Church in Old Vaasa, Finland." [i.e. the old church of Mustasaari / Korsholm]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ruins of Saint Mary Church in Old Vaasa, Finland." [i.e. the old church of Mustasaari / Korsholm]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonund, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2007 by Jonund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gamla_Vasa_kyrkoruiner_16.JPG] [accessed 9 August 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

the new church of Mustasaari / Korsholm replaced the medieval church that burned down in 1852 -- the source caption of this image: "Korsholms kyrka i Gamla Vasa, Finland, byggdes år 1786 och var ursprungligen hovrättsbyggnad", notes that this building of 1876 was originally built as the court of appeal
Scene Description: the new church of Mustasaari / Korsholm replaced the medieval church that burned down in 1852 -- the source caption of this image: "Korsholms kyrka i Gamla Vasa, Finland, byggdes år 1786 och var ursprungligen hovrättsbyggnad", notes that this building of 1876 was originally built as the court of appeal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograpg taken 1 August 2009 by Svenna Martens [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Öppningskonsert_i_Korsholms_kyrka.tif] [accessed 9 August 2017]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21387MUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Mustasaaren kirkko / Korsholms kyrkoruin S:ta Maria / Autuas Neitsyt Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Kauppiaankatu 1, Vaasa, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Pohjanmaa / Österbotten
Directions to Site: Located NNW of Tampere, diagonally across the Gulf of Bothnia from Umea [NB: the ruins of the old church are located in Vanha Vaasa / Gamla Vasa, ESE of the Vaasa town centre]
Century and Period: 14th century (mid?), Gothic
Church Notes: ruins of a mid-14thC church; destroyed in mid-19thC and never re-built
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the mid-14th century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 63.070556, 21.731667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 63° 4′ 14″ N, 21° 43′ 54″ E
UTM: 34V 536971 6993661