Built of bare brick, Mikkeli Cathedral is a long church with a gable tower, a typical example of late-19th-century neo-Gothic; from the surrounding park, monumental granite steps descend to Hallituskatu.
Look for: Pause before the altarpiece: Pekka Halonen's Crucifixion from 1899. Note the wooden vault of the nave, set apart by a colonnade and side galleries from the flat-roofed aisles.
Stone church, long church with end tower. Mikkeli Cathedral is a long church with end tower built of exposed brick. The former city congregation's church represents typical neo-Gothic from the late 19th century. The polygonal choir at the east gable is narrower and lower than the nave. The west tower is square.
The church's long sides are articulated by cross-gables above the round-arched windows. The central nave of the church's nave has a wooden vault; the side aisles separated by the colonnade and side galleries have flat ceilings. The church's altarpiece is Pekka Halonen's The Crucifixion from 1899. Monumental granite steps descend from the surrounding park down toward Hallituskatu.
Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish
Mikkeli Cathedral is a large church in Mikkeli, Southern Savonia, Finland, designed by Finnish church architect Josef Stenbäck. It was built in 1896–1897 and represents the Gothic Revival style like many other churches designed by Stenbäck. The bell tower is in the western gable of the church. The church has 1,200 seats.
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