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Pyhtää church

Pyhtää

Why visit

Pyhtää's stone church, built in the 1460s, was raised and vaulted in a single building phase. Pyhtää is first mentioned as an independent parish back in 1380.

Look for: Recall that in 1671 the church's weapon-porch was turned into the burial chapel of the Creutz family, then restored to an entrance hall in the late 18th century.

About this site

Stone church, medieval. Pyhtää church built in the 1460s was erected and vaulted during one and the same building phase. During the Great Power period, in 1671, the church's weapon house was converted into a burial chapel for the Creutz family. In the late 18th century the chapel was returned to a vestibule.

The church hall was thoroughly renovated in the early 1900s; the next repair was in 1951 (architect Kauno S. Kallio) and the most recent in 1998 (architect Tommi Lindh). Pyhtää is mentioned for the first time as an independent parish in the year 1380.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish