Sipoo / Sibbo

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: with the detached bell tower of 1811 in the foreground

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 March 2010 by Anneli Salo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sipoon_vanha_kirkko_IMG_1279_C.JPG] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: Source caption: "The triumph crucifix of St. Sigfrid's Church in Sipoo. The church was built in 1450–1454. The crucifix was made in Finland about in the year 1500."

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2010 by Anneli Salo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sipoo_Old_Church_-_Interior_DSC04641_C.JPG] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anneli Salo, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2010 by Anneli Salo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sipoo_Old_Church_-_Interior_DSC04644_C.JPG] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Primitive decorations from the end of 15th century on the wall of St. Sigfrid's Church in Sipoo (built in 1450–1454)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anneli Salo, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2010 by Anneli Salo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sipoo_Old_Church_-_Labyrintti_C_IMG_8902.JPG] [accessed 30 August 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21454SIP
Church/Chapel: Sipoon Pyhän Sigfridin vanha kirkko / Sibbo gamla kyrka Sankt Sigfrid
Church Patron Saints: St. Sigfrid [aka Sigfried]
Church Location: Brobölentie 68, 04130 Sipoo, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Uusimaa / Nyland
Directions to Site: Located 30 km NNE of Helsinki
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Borgå / Borgå Stift / Porvoon hiippakunta
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original church documented in 1340 as a chapel of Porvoo; present stone church mid-15thC; wooden tower replaced 1811; replaced by a late-19thC church; building restored 1930s; now used for community purposes, including serving as a bookstore
[NB: we have no information on the font of the church documented here in 1340].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.369167, 25.259444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 22′ 9″ N, 25° 15′ 34″ E
UTM: 35V 404007 6693793