St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää (, ) is a

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Tyrvää Tyrvää (; ) was a municipality in the Satakunta region, Turku and Pori Province, Finland. It was established in 1439 when the Tyrvää parish was separated from the parish of Karkku. In 1915, the market town of Vammala was separated from Tyrvä ...

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. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a burglar on 21 September 1997.Church of St Olaf
From 1997 to 2003 the church was rebuilt by local people and the interior paintings were created by painters

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. The reconstruction of the church is documented in the book '' St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää'' by Kuutti Lavonen, Osmo Rauhala, and Pirjo Silveri.

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