designer: Paavo Huovinen
The Old Church at Sodankyla is one of the oldest timber churches in Lapland. It was built in 1689, but decommissioned in 1859 when a new stone church was built. It almost fell into ruins but in 1929 was restored and now is in use during the summer months.
for places of worship
4 comments:
Lovely selection of the church with snow-covered roof. :) Sorry for being away for a while from the linky party. I'm happy to have found a couple of stamps appropriate for the theme this weekend.
I like your old Finnish church more than mine today :)
I like the touch of the pair of birds in front of the church, must be a tough life for them in a Lapland winter.
Remins me of my time in Scandinavia with those high pitched roofs. I saw many wooden churches that looks d like this. Fine stamp.
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