Savilahti in Mikkeli / Savolax

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Savilahti stone sacristy in Mikkeli, the remains of an old wooden church."
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view of church interior - sacristy

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of Savilahti stone sacristy in Mikkeli. The only remains of an old wooden church, the sacristy now serves as a museum."
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21527SAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Savilahden kivisakasti / Mikkeli Kivisakasti
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Porrassalmenkatu 47, Mikkeli, Savo, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Savo
Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the 5-13-15-62 crossroads, in the town of Mikkeli, 40 km NE of Mäntyharju, NNE of Helsinki
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Church Notes: date of original church unknown; present stone sacristy mid-16thC; the former sacristy was turned into an ecclesiastical museum in the 1930s, and it was restored at the time
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 61.695, 27.278889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 61° 41′ 42″ N, 27° 16′ 44″ E
UTM: 35V 514753 6840235