Suomenlinna Church (Helsinki)
| lighthouse, lutheran church/kirk
Finland /
Uusimaa /
Helsinki /
Suomenlinna, C 43
World
/ Finland
/ Uusimaa
/ Helsinki
World / Finland / Southern Finland / Eastern Uusimaa / Porvoo
lighthouse, lutheran church/kirk
The Suomenlinna Church (Finnish: Suomenlinnan kirkko, Swedish: Sveaborgs kyrka) in Finland was built as a Russian Orthodox garrison church for the Russian troops of Suomenlinna sea fortress in 1854 and originally had five onion domes.
It was converted into an Evangelical Lutheran church during the 1920s. Its extensive iconography was warehoused by the city of Helsinki, and their current whereabouts are unknown. Today its central dome doubles as a lighthouse making it one of only a few churches in the world that double as a lighthouse. The signal blink is the Morse code for the letter "H" for Helsinki. It is a very popular wedding church and one of the first landmarks for people arriving at Helsinki by sea.
The church is popular venue for weddings, and many events and cocerts are arranged there annually.
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It was converted into an Evangelical Lutheran church during the 1920s. Its extensive iconography was warehoused by the city of Helsinki, and their current whereabouts are unknown. Today its central dome doubles as a lighthouse making it one of only a few churches in the world that double as a lighthouse. The signal blink is the Morse code for the letter "H" for Helsinki. It is a very popular wedding church and one of the first landmarks for people arriving at Helsinki by sea.
The church is popular venue for weddings, and many events and cocerts are arranged there annually.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Suomenlinna...
Wikipedia article: http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomenlinnan_kirkko
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 60°8'52"N 24°59'10"E
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- Vahemandala lighthouse 73 km
- Vaindloo Lighthouse 85 km
- Jussarö 87 km
- Siilinkari 167 km
- Light House. 185 km
- Gabanovsky Lighthouse 435 km
- Marjaniemi 545 km
- Oulu 2 lighthouse 560 km
- Luda Nakhkonitsa Island 807 km
- Iso Mustasaari 0.2 km
- Suomenlinna Sea Fortress (Krepost Sveaborg) 0.7 km
- Susisaari 0.7 km
- Vallisaari 1.6 km
- Vasikkasaari 1.6 km
- Kuninkaansaari 2.3 km
- Guard Jaeger Regiment 3 km
- Santahamina 3.8 km
- Isosaari 6.5 km
- Villinki and Kasaberget 7 km