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18th & 19th Century Finnish Buildings – Part VII: Church of Oravainen

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The church of Oravainen was build in 1795-1797. It is a wooden cross-church with an octagon center tower ending on a cupola. The main entrance has Doric (Greek) style columns. The column effect has been modelled in the upper part of the tower with wood paneling. Simpler paneling has been used for decoration on the walls and corners. There is …

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18th & 19th Century Finnish Buildings – Part VI: Church of Lapua

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As the selected battles of the Russo-Swedish War were reconstructed on custom boards, it was only natural to also have some local landmark standing on the board – even if it wasn’t actually involved in the battle. Churches  are often good such landmarks, them being unique and big. Therefore for the Battle of Lapua, the church of Lapua was to …

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