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Anjalan kirkko

Kouvola

Why visit

Near Anjala manor, at a crossroads, stands a small wooden cross church with eastern-Finnish transepts that taper outwards. Step in beneath its high, arching board vaults.

Look for: Seek out the illusory drapery painted by Anders Gustaf Thitz across the altar wall and Carl Gustaf Eckstein's altarpiece on the Gethsemane theme. The central furnishings date from the 1790s.

About this site

Wooden church, cruciform church. The small wooden cruciform church located at a road junction near Anjala manor has, in the eastern Finnish tradition, outward-tapering transept arms. The church's Empire-style exterior cladding is from the 1840s. The church hall has high-arching plank vaults. The central parts of the furnishings date from the 1790s.

The altar wall is covered by an illusionistic drapery painted by Anders Gustaf Thitz on canvas; the altar furnishing and pulpit were made by carpenter Jacob Nygrén; the Gethsemane-themed altarpiece was painted by the Stockholm artist Carl Gustaf Eckstein. The hero grave area in the stone wall-enclosed churchyard was designed by architect Tarja Salmio-Toiviainen. The low bell tower beside the church was built in the 1790s.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish

Municipality
Kouvola
Heritage Agency record

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Anjalan kirkko, Kouvola | Aikapolku