Mäntyharju Church

Big wooden church

The church was opened 1822 and second largest wooden church in Finland, measured by seating capacity of 1700. It largest wooden structure of its construction technique. Charles Bass designed the chur...

Nice grounds

I was not able to enter the church because it was under renovation. The building, bell tower and cemetery looked nice tough. The church didn't look that usual as a Finnish church so it would have been...

Mirthless from inside, inside a lot more interesting

This big wooden church is just next to a art centre Salmela. There was a girl telling history about the church inside. It's worth to visit, if the place is open.