Why visit
In the heart of the village, the church, its bell tower and the Röytty coaching inn form an island that speaks of the place's long past – at its core a cruciform church completed in 1754.
Look for: Notice the dome and centralized form from the 1846–1847 renovation, the gable triangles on the arms and the frieze beneath the eaves; the iconostasis-like composition on the altar wall likely dates from the early 1900s.
About this site
Wooden church, central-plan church. Taipalsaari church and bell tower, as well as the inn Röyty south of them, form in the centre of the church village an enclave telling of the locality's long historical past. The core of the current Taipalsaari church is a cruciform church completed in 1754 and built under the direction of building master Eskil Collenius.
It was expanded to its current central-plan form and fitted with a dome in the 1846–1847 repair. The church's transept arms have gable triangles and a frieze runs under the eaves. The ikonostasis-like composition on the altar wall and the crux nuda in place of the altarpiece are likely from the early 20th-century repair. The church, the adjacent freestanding wooden bell tower, and the churchyard are surrounded by a stone wall.
Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish
- Municipality
- Taipalsaari
