
Why visit
Liminka's tall, slender cruciform church is well preserved: yellow-painted walls, broad pilasters and an octagonal lantern rising over the crossing. Step inside, among the bleached log walls.
Look for: Look to the unusually striking altarpiece with its Ionic columns, and the pulpit of 1727 — kept from the earlier church — carved by Johan Kyntzell and painted by Olof Ekelund.
About this site
Wooden church, equal-armed cross church. The well-preserved Liminka church is a tall and narrow-armed cruciform church with a shallow saddle roof and an octagonal lantern rising from the attic at the crossing. The yellow-painted walls are articulated by wide pilasters and windows in two tiers. The church hall has whitewashed log walls, curved plank vaults, and an intermediate ceiling dome at the crossing.
The altar furnishing with Ionic columns is exceptionally impressive. The altar and gallery railings are of baluster construction. The pulpit from the previous church, dated 1727, was carved by Johan Kyntzell from Kokkola and painted by Olof Ekelund from Vaasa. The bell tower is located in the old churchyard west of the church.
Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish
- Municipality
- Liminka
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