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Alexander Church

Tampere

Why visit

At the end of Hämeenpuisto, in a churchyard park grown from the city's old cemetery, the neo-Gothic Aleksanterin kirkko rises in clean red brick. Step inside its three-aisled hall and linger a while.

Look for: Linger over the altarpiece, Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin's Transfiguration of Christ from 1883. Notice too the small corner towers and buttresses that adorn the facade without bearing any weight.

About this site

Stone church. The neo-Gothic Aleksanteri church, built of clean-faced red brick, is located in Pyynikki church park adjoining Hämeenpuisto, which has grown from the old city cemetery. The church is of the type of a towered long church. Wide and short transept arms attach to the nave on its long sides.

The facades are articulated by small corner turrets and buttresses that have no structural significance. The church hall is three-aisled. The altarpiece is Alexandra Frosterus-Sältin's Transfiguration of Christ from 1883.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish

The Alexander Church is a stone church in Tampere, Finland, and it is part of the Tampere Cathedral Parish. It is located in the Kaakinmaa district in the city center of Tampere, on the edge of the Hämeenpuisto park along the Pirkankatu street. The church, designed by architect Theodor Decker, was built of brick between 1880 and 1881. It is named after Emperor Alexander II of Russia. The church is surrounded by Pyynikki Church Park, a former cemetery.

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