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Lumijoen kirkko

Lumijoki

Why visit

Called the cathedral of the plain, Lumijoki's church is a handsome landmark visible far across the open country. Built of brick, it seats 1,300.

Look for: Notice the form: a long church with a gable tower, its nave joined by short, narrow cross-arms, with a rectangular chancel behind the altar.

About this site

Stone church, long church with end tower. Lumijoki church, called the Cathedral of the Plains, is an imposing landscape landmark visible from far away. The brick-built church intended for 1,300 people is in the form of a long church with an end tower to which short and narrow transept arms attach. Behind the altar there is a rectangular choir.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish