This is one of Finland's largest medieval stone churches, built around the 1430s. Its massive tower-like west hall has no equivalent elsewhere in Finland. The upper level has two places for an outdoor pulpit, from which priests preached to crowds outside. Ceiling paintings from the 1400s are visible in four vaults of the nave, with biblical and saint scenes. The altar cabinet dates from the 1400s and was restored in 1960 from medieval choir cabinet parts. The Memento Mori tomb monument of Henrik Fleming (1632) is described as the only one of its kind in Finland. The pulpit was carved in 1641 by Estonian woodcarver Lüdert Heissman, and the organ, built by the Kangasala organ factory in 1959, has 38 stops.
The church seats about 650. It is open as a roadside church in summer and at other times by appointment through the parish office. Concerts can be booked through the parish cantor, and church weddings, baptisms and parish funerals are free of charge. The car park, entrance and toilet are wheelchair accessible.
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