Petäjävesi Old Church

Petäjävesi Old Church*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Finland
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Reference	584
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1994 (18th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

The wooden church of Petäjävesi was inscribed in 1994 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It was built between 1763 and 1765. UNESCO considered it to be a representative Lutheran church of the Scandinavian tradition, mixing Renaissance with older Gothic elements.

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Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki · Fortress of Suomenlinna · High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (with Sweden) · Old Rauma · Petäjävesi Old Church · Verla Groundwood and Board Mill · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)