
Why visit
The pale-rendered Viinikka Church embodies the decorative classicism of the 1930s and was among the first in Finland to gather the parish work centre and parsonage into one complex — beside the main entrance rises a tall bell tower.
Look for: Step into the striking nave, where the eye is drawn to the large gilded Christ figure in the semicircular chancel apse, the work of V.R. Rautalin.
About this site
Stone church. Viinikkakyrkan, representing the decorative classicism of the 1930s, is one of the first examples in Finland of a concentration of the parish work centre and parsonage into the same building complex as the church. To the white-plastered rectangular church a tall bell tower is attached beside the main entrance.
The parish hall and other parish spaces are grouped around an enclosed courtyard. The corners of the sharp-edged triangular building complex are highlighted by low octagonal towers. In the atmospheric church hall, the gaze is directed toward the semicircular choir apse, where there is a large gilded Christ sculpture made by sculptor V.R. Rautalin.
In the four small domes of the high inner ceiling there are stylized evangelist-themed paintings made by decorative artists Eino Rapp and Eino Kauria. The light fittings were manufactured by Antti Hakkarainen's art forge.
Official description (Museovirasto), machine-translated from Finnish
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