Akaa / Ackas, in Toijala

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view of church exterior - sacristy

door view
Scene Description: door view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 May 2019 by Antti Bilund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akaa_stone_sacristy_2_AB.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2017]
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view of church exterior - sacristy

decorated facade view
Scene Description: decorated facade view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009
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view of church exterior in context - sacristy

Source caption: "Akaa medieval stone sacristy in Akaa, Finland. The sacristy was part of a wooden church. It is supposed to be the first part of a planned stone church. The plan was never finished."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Akaa medieval stone sacristy in Akaa, Finland. The sacristy was part of a wooden church. It is supposed to be the first part of a planned stone church. The plan was never finished."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antti Bilund, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 May 2019 by Antti Bilund [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akaa_stone_sacristy_1_AB.jpg] [accessed 5 September 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 21474AKA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Akaan vanha kirkko [only the exterior sacristy remains]
Church Location: Valtatie 9, 37800 Toijala, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Häme, Hämeen lääni / Tavastehus län
Directions to Site: Located off the 303-2847-2851 crossroads, in the municipality of Toijala, 40 km SSE of Tampere down the E12
Historical Region: Pirkanmaa
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Medieval
Church Notes: only the 'sacristy' of ca. 1510 remains of the old church; the stone sacristy is supposed to have been built to replace the old wooden church, but the project was never complated -- The neoclassical church of Akaa was built in 1816-1817 and it was designed by the famous architect Carlo Bassi.
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 61.166028, 23.869194
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 61° 9′ 57.7″ N, 23° 52′ 9.1″ E
UTM: 34V 654338 6784667