Ristinkirkko - Lahti, Finland
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N 60° 59.124 E 025° 39.421
35V E 427333 N 6761905
Ristinkirkko is the main church in the Lahti and Central Lahti the parish church. In 1978, the church is built modernist architect Alvar Aalto last works.
Waymark Code: WMFH3B
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 10/20/2012
Views: 89
"Ristinkirkko Church is located in a central location in the cityscape Kolkanmäki at Kirkkokatu 4 It rises to Lahti through the center of the north-south direction of the passing of Mariankatu at the northern end, and its height is 37.5 m above the ground. Same street in the south end of Salpausselkä site is designed by Eliel Saarinen, the town hall, and the church and the town hall is the middle of Lahti market.
Ristinkirkko is architecturally bare and simple. The stately angular church building exterior wall material is a reddish-brown brick and the roof rises to a massive die-cast concrete bell tower. Square visible from the elevation is dominated by a large cross-shaped ikkunamuodostelma, which consists of 52 of the window, one for every week of the year.
White large side windows, illuminated church hall is triangular and has a pitched roof, and the entire facility is tapered toward the altar theater.
Ristinkirkko the church next to the cemetery is a hero decorated by by Wäinö Aaltonen sculpture Spirit of Freedom.
History:
Decision on the dismantling of the old church and the new building in its place was a controversial church that extent and the intensity was unique in the history of the construction of the Finnish church.
Complaints and opinions of the various authorities Aalto Church plans lasted nearly seven years.
In opening the church design Alvar Aalto visited the future site of the Church. Preservation of trees close to the nature of the Church and the opening of a part of nature, it was important to Aalto. In the background was the idea of ??the Church of Gethsemane a place of peace where you could pray, and to quiet down in the middle of an active, modern Gulf. Ristinkirkko Church triangular shape was used for the first time in Finland.
The Church is at the southern end of the cross-shaped window 52 in the shape of a window group. Altar Wall simple cross has been worked out of the Old church bell tower support logs.
Ristinkirkko-concrete tower of the church rises forty feet above the church directly to the frame structure. It conceals the same spot was the Old Wooden Church three bells, which are still in use.
Lahti of the old church bell tower support logs have been worked on the altar wall simple cross and bell tower has three bells, which are still in use."
Info take from: Wikipedia
Active Church: Yes
School on property: No
Date Built: 01/01/1987
Service Times: 10.00 - 15.00
Website: [Web Link]
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