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The Cathedral of Kuopio

Building: The cathedral of Kuopio, the fifth Evangelic-Lutheran church in the city of Kuopio, the first church was built in 1552.

Built: Architect Pehr W. Palmrooth's plan, 1795 Construction begin under Jaakko Rijif's supervision 1806 and continued until 1808 when the Finnish War started in spring. Four years after the war the construction work continued under Pehr Granstedt 1813-1815. The services in the cathedral started in 1816 and has been repaired in 1866, 1877, 1895 and 1961. The bell tower rises to the height of 35,5 metres from the ground level.

Geographical position: N 62°53.509' E 027°40.712'

Photograph: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma Zoom EX DG 28-70 mm 1:2.8, Olli-Jukka Paloneva, paloneva@phnet.fi

References:

The Evangelic Lutheran cathedral parish of Kuopio http://www.kuopionseurakunnat.fi/tuomiokirkkosrk archive copy at the Wayback Machine The regional municipal tourism information agency Kuopio Tourist Service http://www.kuopioinfo.fi/english/index.php archive copy at the Wayback Machine

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