The Oulu Cathedral (Oulun tuomiokirkko) description and photos - Finland: Oulu (Topic)

The Oulu Cathedral (Oulun tuomiokirkko) description and photos - Finland: Oulu. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is The Oulu Cathedral, Oulun tuomiokirkko.

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Oulu Cathedral is located in the heart of the city. This Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sophia Magdalena was built in 1777. as a tribute to the King of Sweden Gustav III and named after his wife.

After a fire in 1822. the fire destroyed the wooden structures of the cathedral. It was restored until 1845, when the bell tower was erected.

Inside the temple there is amazing beauty: a pulpit for sermons, rows of benches, shelves with prayer books, an organ. Under the vault of the church, right above the heads of the parishioners, a model of a ship hangs. This is an old tradition among seafarers: to donate models of ships to the temple, sometimes reaching 3 m in length. Thus, they express gratitude to God for saving their lives from the blue abyss.

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