Kakskerta Church ( fi, Kakskerran kirkko, sv, Kakskerta kyrka) is located in
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
on the island
Kakskerta
Kakskerta is an island in the Archipelago Sea, south of the city of Turku, Finland. It is a former municipality and a current district of Turku. Like other islands in the Archipelago Sea, it has many summer residences. ''Lake Kakskerta'' is locat ...
. The seaside church is one of the three churches in the Turku Martin parish union. According to legend, the local
fishermen got a surprise from the sea with a huge catch of delicious fish. They believed that the area was blessed, and the residents of the island decided to build their own church.
Kakskerta Church was built in between 1765 and 1769, and dedicated in 1770. It was designed by
Christian Schroder, and is oblong in shape. The
altarpiece is from the 17th century, and nearly the whole interior of the church was renovated in 1940 under plans by architect
Erik Bryggman. The
belfry was designed by
C. Bassi in 1824.
References
External links
Kakskerran kirkko(in English)
Turku and Kaarina Parish Union(in Finnish)
Kakskerran kirkko rakennusperintörekisterissä
Lutheran churches in Turku
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