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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 July 2016 by Вячеслав Ребров [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ST_Görans_Kyrka_i_Geta_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 11 August 2017]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Geta kyrka i Vestergeta, Geta. Helgad åt S:t Göran, delvis uppförd på 1460-tal."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Erik Brunström, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2005 by Erik Brunström [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geta_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 11 August 2017]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: west view of the church and its detached tower in 1871
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 1871 painting (watercolour?) in Kuvakokoelmat.fi [Kuva HK18711016:13] [https://www.kuvakokoelmat.fi/pictures/small/HK18/HK18711016_13.jpg] [accessed 11 August 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21389GET
Church/Chapel: Geta kyrka / Evangelisk-lutherska Sankt Göran kyrka / Getan kirkko Pyhä Yrjänä
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Getavägen, Geta, Finland -- Tel.: +358 18 42330
Country Name: Finland
Location: Ahvenanmaa / Åland, Åland
Directions to Site: Located off road 4 [aka Getavägen], 7 km SE of Dånö, on Åland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Borgå / Borgå Stift / Porvoon hiippakunta
Century and Period: 17th century,
Church Notes: present church mid-15thC; modified 17th (detached bell-tower), 19thC
The entry for this church in Kyrkor.ax [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/geta-kyrka/] [accessed 11 August 2017] informs that significan changes were introduced in this church in the 17th century, after the Reformation, among which was the replacement of the old baptismal font with a new one. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the original font here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
60.374806,
19.848556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
60° 22′ 29.3″ N,
19° 50′ 54.8″ E
UTM: 34V 436505 6693708