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Petäjävesi

BUbungle77 ·18 photographs ·16 Aug 2005 – 17 Aug 2005 ·2 days

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Where

Petäjävesi

When

16 Aug 2005 – 17 Aug 2005
2 days · trip of 2005

Who

· @bungle77 ·

How

Travel diary

The story

Near Jyväskylä in central Finland there is the beautiful church of Petäjävesi. Very little publicised (in fact I only learned of its existence on my 5th time in Jyväskylä) it is one of the most unusual wooden churches I have ever seen.

The journey's photographs

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Petäjävesi wooden church, dark timber bell tower under a cloudy sky

Carved painted wooden figure with colored face, sheltered inside a hut

Traveler in front of the old log church of Petäjävesi under gray sky

Painted wooden pulpit with carved saints, supported by a sculpted head, wooden church

Man gestures from the carved wooden pulpit of a wooden church

Wooden church interior with pews, pulpit and painting above the altar

Wooden domed ceiling with red painted zigzag decorations and hanging bulbs

Painted wooden pulpit with carved saints and angels, medieval church

Painted wooden saint statue with carved angels on church facade

Blue felt rug with white figures, draped over a wooden bench

Wooden church interior, rows of pews, light through windows, chandelier

Petäjävesi wooden church: carved angels above the door, sunlight on pews

Wooden bell tower of Petäjävesi Old Church under cloudy sky

New church

Petäjävesi old wooden church, dark log walls and bell tower under cloudy sky

Forest

Blackcurrant bush with dark clusters, supported by wooden frame, in a garden

Two anglers fishing with rods among reeds and lily pads

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