This thread is about churches which was the most beautiful/fantastic thing our medival ancestors could build.
Please fill in with others churches/cathedral to.

Uppsala Cathedral
The biggest church in Northern Europe but far from the nicest one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/uppsalavy2.jpg
It's 119 meters high and 119 meters long and its about 600-800 years old. It is a basilica with 3 ships. From the floor to the ceiling it is 29 meters. The chruch is gothic but with a few roman valves.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/ros12dec.jpg
some famous people that's been buried in the cathedral is Gustav Vasa and Carl von Linné and some more
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/port12dec.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/edk12dec.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/sydtorn12dec.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/maria12dec.jpg
an angel looking southeast to Palestina.

it's far more decorated than the ones in tallinn. though i don't like its color - those red/black bricks.... not that nice from up close. other than that, it's a magnificent building!

When was it built? It looks like a neo-gothic style.

Helsinki Cathedral, not medieval :D :

http://www.digicamera.net/galleria/k_canon_10d/images/tuomio_kko6.jpg

MY OWN PICS :

http://members.lycos.nl/designwise/tuomiokback2.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/designwise/hienokatu.jpg

Johannes Cathedral, Helsinki :

http://aerodome.net/gallery-kuvat/album30/uspensk_pieni.sized.jpg

directly when i saw that church i tough "Pelle Svanslös" a swedish childs book, lovely church even tough the brick migth be a little missfit

When was it built? It looks like a neo-gothic style.
the church was renovated during the late 19th century. It original looked a bit like Notre Dame

I know that you all think that Vilnius is the skyscrapercapital of our region but it should be also known that Vilnius is a chuchcapital of our region.

I'll flood this thread with churchy stuff from Vilnius. I think that you all know the main churches of Vilnius so I am not going to identify all those churches (you can always ask how some church is called or some more info).
All photos except one are taken not by me.

This photo is taken by Vaidas:
http://img108.exs.cx/img108/1205/pict50491fy.jpg

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/7971/201hb.jpg

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/107/26962265dsc062755km.jpg

http://img49.exs.cx/img49/903/78478jw.jpg

http://img33.exs.cx/img33/1580/bgcustomifr9r8nta6hv.jpg

http://img15.exs.cx/img15/9356/church2ld.jpg

http://img86.exs.cx/img86/5775/bgcustomiohi84cqf7ar.jpg

http://img97.exs.cx/img97/8590/church52121gm.jpg

http://img51.exs.cx/img51/1615/cupolasofchurcha7ia.jpg

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/3669/didziojig2ey.jpg

http://img131.exs.cx/img131/8137/dominikonubaznycia5fl.jpg

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/9773/fasad046yb.jpg

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/5760/i2yn1wxg75rp.jpg

http://img36.exs.cx/img36/2335/icd5v0305vo.jpg

http://img83.exs.cx/img83/9254/img70981ce.jpg

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/4015/img73819pd.jpg

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/5153/mai5vj.jpg

http://img71.exs.cx/img71/1884/ortho27fl.jpg

The next two photos are taken by Vaidas:
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/2518/pict13775ll.jpg

http://img126.exs.cx/img126/7013/pict14021ce.jpg

http://img43.exs.cx/img43/6597/sena3gr.jpg

http://img32.exs.cx/img32/8717/stmichaela9tn.jpg

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/2931/svmykol6co.jpg

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/2659/vc419wg.jpg

http://img85.exs.cx/img85/1218/viln16sd.jpg

http://img75.exs.cx/img75/4471/vilnius0fgh15tg.jpg

Vilnius is indeed the "churchcapital", there are A LOT of churches, I've never been inside in some of them yet.

Few interiour shots (don't have much):
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/1231/20020724f107yo.jpg

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/9214/20020724f119yt.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/2592/26936083dsc062266nk.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/2592/26936083dsc062266nk.jpg[/QUOTE]

Absolutely stunning interior, just think of all the work behind those ornaments. :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Vilnius is indeed the "churchcapital", there are A LOT of churches, I've never been inside in some of them yet.

Are You serious??? So I am better than You ;)

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/2592/26936083dsc062266nk.jpg
WOW, that looks like the St.Peters Cathedral in Rome. I have always thought your churches are very nice and beautiful but i didn't know they were this nice!!

This is really strange. S&B forum is even more unactive than I thought before. I even wrote specially this: "I know that you all think that Vilnius is the skyscrapercapital of our region" to provoke but it seems that nothing can help here. :|

@MacGowan: Here are some more photos of interior from that church (st Peter and Pauls church):
http://img27.exs.cx/img27/7061/26936033dsc061794ip.jpg

http://img114.exs.cx/img114/1127/26936034dsc061803rl.jpg

http://img130.exs.cx/img130/9628/26936046dsc061914qb.jpg

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/8374/26936049dsc061944fu.jpg

http://img41.exs.cx/img41/6079/26936052dsc061972ua.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/5272/26936065dsc062089hx.jpg

http://img75.exs.cx/img75/2793/26936069dsc062120lh.jpg

http://img54.exs.cx/img54/3783/26936073dsc062160xf.jpg

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/5562/26936068dsc062115ow.jpg

@Ringil: Not all churches look like that. ;) The interior of st Peter and Paul is one of the most beautiful (for me it's the most beautiful) in Vilnius. The exterior of it looks like this: http://img97.exs.cx/img97/8590/church52121gm.jpg And my favourite exterior in Vilnius is of st Anns curch:
http://img110.exs.cx/img110/6323/fghyt6wf.jpg

Some more:
The Church of the Holy Spirit it has 16 altars:
http://img57.exs.cx/img57/9841/holyspirit4mc.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/1840/holyspirit28qu.jpg

http://img26.exs.cx/img26/7848/holyspirit32ht.jpg

Church of St Therese:
http://img113.exs.cx/img113/8929/tereseskyrka4ee.jpg

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/3688/sttherese5wc.jpg

St Anns church in detail (33 different brick types were used to build it):
http://img6.exs.cx/img6/9918/stannadetalj11ub.jpg

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/7339/stannafasad19gl.jpg

Vilnius university church (interiors):
http://img32.exs.cx/img32/272/universitychurch21gw.jpg

http://img110.exs.cx/img110/6857/universitetskyrkansvart3zd.jpg

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/5467/university37mj.jpg

Interior of St. Casimir's chapel in Cathedral:
http://img100.exs.cx/img100/3452/katedralkazimeras3bp.jpg

http://img91.exs.cx/img91/6075/katedralkazimeraskupol7sm.jpg

http://img122.exs.cx/img122/63/katedralkazimerasvladislavus9g.jpg

Churches in Tallinn
Niguliste church
http://www.alfredos.ch/Reisen/Nordost/Bilder/P4250041_JPG.jpg

Oleviste Church
http://trafo.store20.com/pics/2003.09.04tallinn/tallinn4.jpg
http://www.hoolehan.com/gallery/albums/townbeforexmas/Oleviste_Church.jpg

Holy Ghost/Pühavaimu Church
http://www.ee/vana-tallinn/pic/pyhavaim.jpg

Jaani Church
http://www.ee/abc/dv/fotod/vabaduse.jpg

Kaarli Church
http://www.adventurephotographs.com/photographs/estonia/tallinn/general/ES0202053.jpg

Dome Church/Toomkirik
http://www.flat3.co.uk/europe/full_size/981048.jpg

Alexander Nevski Cathedral
http://www.richschwarz.com/thesixthday/awakenings/tallin/Img_0464.jpg

Do I think that Vilnius is skyscraper capital in region? So so, not very sure :)
- - -
I have information about 56 churches in Riga alone and more than 800 over Latvia.
(Vilnius has more than 56??? count on the map somebody ;)
Interiors in Vilnius could be more ornate than in Riga but not that much.
But Riga has older and higher churches, he he :) Scandinavians beat us regarding the age of their churches and Estonians - regarding the height.
Some churches in Riga:

Dom - our King of churches. Not that high - 90 m nowadays. But holds enormous array of Romanic, Gothic, Maneurism and Barocco art and architecture details.
http://img73.exs.cx/img73/8505/DomsPetb8jun04.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/5053/Domakrusteja2mai04.jpg
Usma wooden church - Maneurism and Barocco interior
http://img73.exs.cx/img73/5628/Usmasbaznica14aug04.jpg

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/8317/Usmasbaznicasgriesti14aug04.jpg
St. Peters - real medieval highrise, 121 m high since 17th century. The length approximately the same. The highest wooden structure in the world until WWII.
http://www.virtualriga.com/img/pic/Riga-1941-.jpg
Now it has metallic structure
http://img73.exs.cx/img73/6039/PeterabaznnoLatvijas7sep03.jpg
St. Jacobs - main seat of catholics in Latvia but hot the nicest catholic church. Part of the wooden construction of the tower has survived since 16th century at least.
http://img73.exs.cx/img73/986/Jekababazntornis10aug03.jpg

http://www.flat3.co.uk/europe/full_size/981068.jpg
St. John's - Gothic but with Romanic origins
http://www.flat3.co.uk/europe/full_size/981079.jpg
Reformer church - fine Barocco
http://img89.exs.cx/img89/6742/ReformatuBaznPetB8jun04.jpg
Orthodox:
http://img56.exs.cx/img56/1068/pareiztickatedr420nov04.jpg
Smaller churches in Riga suburbs
http://img73.exs.cx/img73/5219/PareiztbaznicaKalnaiela210sep02.jpg

http://img73.exs.cx/img73/1521/Martinabazn13sep04.jpg

http://img73.exs.cx/img73/2568/Mezaielabaznica25apr04.jpg

http://www.daily-tangents.com/LV-2001/Ga/M3/d1202.gif

Do I think that Vilnius is skyscraper capital in region? So so, not very sure :)
- - -
I have information about 56 churches in Riga alone and more than 800 over Latvia.
(Vilnius has more than 56??? count on the map somebody ;)
Interiors in Vilnius could be more ornate than in Riga but not that much.
But Riga has older and higher churches, he he :) Scandinavians beat us regarding the age of their churches and Estonians - regarding the height.
Some churches in Riga:



Not sure about the exact number of churches in Vilnius but in old town alone there are around 25 churches (here (http://www.turizmas.vilnius.lt/index.php?463765457) is a very interesting and informative source about some old churches of Vilnius), according to some sources there are over 200 churches in the whole city, not sure if this is credible though.

Skara Domkyrka(recently got it's own thread in the skylines section)
http://www.wadbring.com/historia/bilder3/skara.jpg
http://www.vallecamping.com/domkyrkan.GIF

It is 65,5 m tall according to Atlantica C5.

My pictures of churches in Skåne:
http://skyline.250free.com/Domkyrkan.jpg
Domkyrkan, Lund. 55m.

http://skyline.250free.com/Allhelgonakyrkan.JPG
Allhelgonakyrkan, Lund. 75m.

http://skyline.250free.com/Gustavadolfskyrka.JPG
Gustav Adolfs Church, Helsingborg. Unknown height.

http://skyline.250free.com/Petrikyrkan.JPG
St Petri Church, Malmö. At 105m one of the tallest churches in Europe and Malmö's tallest building before Turning Torso.

http://skyline.250free.com/Johanneskyrkan.JPG
St Johannes Church, Malmö. 61m.

http://skyline.250free.com/Paulikyrkan.JPG
St Pauli Church, Malmö. Unknown height.

@Gatis: In booklets for tourists usually there are written such phrases: "there are more than 40 churches in Vilnius which are woth to see" sometimes exact number is being given - 48 churches are worth to see. But there are more churches in Vilnius ofcourse (but I'm not sure about the number which John gave - 200). Only in this picture you can see more than 10 churches:
http://img115.exs.cx/img115/7971/201hb.jpg

Anyway the numbers are not important. I think that Vilnius is a true chuchcapital in our region (the most beautiful and if you want - the biggest number of beautiful churches are located in Vilnius). ;) <- this is my personal opinion.

Btw if you want some numbers: I found that the curch of st Peter and Paul has more than 200 sculptures.

Some more photos:

Evangelical reformed church:
http://img41.exs.cx/img41/8229/evrefor4wu.jpg

Church of holy mother of god:
http://img98.exs.cx/img98/7948/vlfsclr177xw.jpg

Church of the most sacred heart of jesus:
http://img110.exs.cx/img110/6010/motvien1mz.jpg

Calvary church
http://img81.exs.cx/img81/7693/calvaryc2qw.jpg

http://img16.exs.cx/img16/5609/calvary9lp.jpg

in old town alone there are around 25 churches
I already counted 30 churches in Old town ;), so it should be more than 30.

This is my favorite Orthodox church
http://img98.exs.cx/img98/7948/vlfsclr177xw.jpg

This one is also one of my favorites, church of St. Nicholas. Not a "highrise" but it's a real medieval church, the oldest sacral building remaining in Lithuania, built some time in the first half of 14th century (exact date is not known) while all Lithuanians were still pagans

http://www.paveldas.vilnius.lt/Photo/22500/4-1-2.jpg

http://www.paveldas.vilnius.lt/Photo/22500/4-1-3.jpg

http://www.paveldas.vilnius.lt/Photo/22500/4-1-4.jpg

http://www.vilnius.lt/foto/Viln_baz/Svmikol.jpg

Hehe, nice to see some of my pictures in this thread :)
One of my favourites in Vilnius is probably this one:

http://img108.exs.cx/img108/1205/pict50491fy.jpg

It is quite abandoned, but maybe it is the thing that I like about it - its distinctive look :)

One more close-up pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/Senamiestis/PICT5201.jpg

And in my opinion Riga and Tallinn both have some more impressive churches than Vilnius, but Vilnius outruns them in quantity and overall historic value ;)

When looking at these pictures - I see that Vilnius may well exceed Riga regarding the ornamentation. Most likely - in number of churches too (somebody open the map and count them - I do not have map of Vilnius ;). Barocco is abundant in Vilnius. Catholic churches in general are more ornate than the Lutheran - and they have two bell towers ;)

Overall historic value? I think that it would be hard to beat historic value of Riga Dom, St. Peters, Jana church and Jura church (the last one is 100% Romanic architecture btw.).
There are very many legends about these churches (Blue Guards of St. Peter's church f.e.) Only in the last year of excavations (2001) in Riga Dom cloister garden was found the famous paganic Salaspils stone idol, which is made around 9th - 11th centuries. There were rumours that this stone is hidden there - but no one was sure. The results of excavations in this garden could fill up large museum. Then all these attempts in medieval Riga to beat the world record for the height of churches, collapsing of towers over the city. Coming of Lutheran church to Riga, Calendary unrests, "stealing" of churches from one confession to another and back. Weird paganic symbols in ornamentation of Riga Dom, attempts to make the largest organ of the world (for a while they succeeded).

As about ornamentation it's quite simple. There are many Baroque churches in Vilnius and Baroque is an ornate style. Although I prefer medieval gothic which is unfortunately not so common in Vilnius (there are quite some gothic buildings but not that many).

Gatis, here is a map of the old town with some surrounding areas, the concentration of churches is really high (the small black symbols), although if I zoom out they disappear and I can't see the total number on the map of the whole city
http://img38.exs.cx/img38/3428/map6yn.gif

heres a nice thread about churches in Lithuania:

http://tinkle.miestai.net/viewtopic.php?t=204&start=0

(better look at the last pages of the thread because most of the photos in the first pages are offline)

Overall historic value? It's too hard to talk about it ;). The catheral of Vilnius has a huge historic value to Lithuania but, it has almost no historic value to Latvia. :)

Some info about vaults in the Cathedral of Vilnius:

"The vaults served as the final resting-place for dignitaries and their families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Church, i.e. grand dukes, archbishops of Vilnius and Lithuanian noblemen. Most often they were buried in the crypts, of which there were about 20 under the floors of the naves or side chapels. The Grand Duke Vytautas (unfortunately his remains have not been discovered yet), his wife Ona, the Grand Duke Svitrigaila, St Casimir and others were buried in the cathedral."

Some more info about cathedral: http://ldmuziejus.mch.mii.lt/Muziejusirpadaliniai/Cathedral.en.htm

@Gatis: Have you ever been in Vilnius? I'm asking because it seems like all those churches, other buildings in old town (for example university) are something new for you. :)

some churches of Gdansk :

St Mary cathedral - the largest brick church in the world. Build in the XIV century, following the Flamand mutation of the gothic style.
Partially destroyed during the War, it was rebuild to its previous glory.

http://www.travelwestvisual.com/Images/Pictures/540/Poland/Gdansk/Maria/P13030.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_064.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_110.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_140.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_144.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_152.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_150.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_112.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_128.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/4_Gdansk_136.jpg

Oliwa cathedral
The cathedral was built near the cloister in 1579 - 1779 It's famous for it's organs, made by Jan Wulf.

http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/2_Gdansk_67.jpg
http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/2_Gdansk_80.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/2_Gdansk_68.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/2_Gdansk_69.jpg http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/2_Gdansk_70.jpg

St.Brygida church - build from XIV till XVII cent.

http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/brygida.jpg

Altar made of amber- project !

http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/JEWELLER/12PJ/altar1.jpg

http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/JEWELLER/12PJ/altar2.jpg

The state of the amber altar in Gdansk in November 2001

http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/JEWELLER/12PJ/altar3.jpg

st. Bartlomiej church

http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/bart.jpg

Royal chapel - dedicated to Polish king Jan III Sobieski - XVII cent.

http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/kaplica2.jpg

St. Peter and Paul church

http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/piotrpawel.jpg

St. Barbara church - built in XV cent.

http://www.poczta-polska.pl/mw/o/2_Gdansk_66.jpg

saint Jan (John ;) ) church - build in XIV - XV cent. - damaged during II WW, still waits for the restoration :

http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan1.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan2.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan3.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan4.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan6.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan7.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan16.JPG http://republika.pl/kuzmiak/jan20.JPG

Some other churches:

http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/cystersow.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/czarna.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/boze.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/elza2.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/jakub.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/jozef2.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/katarzyna2.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/mikolaj.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/trojca2.jpg http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/garnizonowy.jpg

BTW - I have just noticed that this photo of St. Trinity church from Gdansk, remindes me St. Ann churhc in Vilnius :

St. Trinity Gdansk :

http://www.pieknygdansk.gda.pl/foto/trojca2.jpg

St. Ann Vilnius:

http://img49.exs.cx/img49/903/78478jw.jpg

@DocentX: St. Trinity in Gdansk looks indeed similar to st Anns in Vilnius. Do you have more photos of its facade?

Gothic architecture rocks! :bow: St.Jan church looks kinda nice and freaky, I'd love the way it appears, would like to visit it at night with all the lights off :runaway:

And here's a short animation movie trailer to the point (by some Polish 3D animation creators, a nicely made short film, I've seen the whole film on my PC) - "The Cathedral" (http://www.platige.com/katedra/trailer/The_Cathedral_Trailer_small_divX.avi)

Gothic architecture rocks! :bow: St.Jan church looks kinda nice and freaky, I'd love the way it appears, would like to visit it at night with all the lights off :runaway:

And here's a short animation movie trailer to the point (by some Polish 3D animation creators, a nicely made short film, I've seen the whole film on my PC) - "The Cathedral" (http://www.platige.com/katedra/trailer/The_Cathedral_Trailer_small_divX.avi)

The film is great :) It was nominated to Oskar !

@DocentX: St. Trinity in Gdansk looks indeed similar to st Anns in Vilnius. Do you have more photos of its facade?

St. Trinity church - built from XV century till 1514

http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/200/z256.jpg http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/200/z260.jpg http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/200/z259.jpg http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/200/z292.jpg

St. Adalbert (sw. Wojciech) monument in front of the church

http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/200/z290.jpg

@DocentX: Thanks for those photos! It doesn't look very similar to st Anns church. In that older photo where st Trinity church was taken from different angle it looked more similar. Still it looks very nice and those windows on the roof seems very unusual for a church.

@DocentX: Thanks for those photos! It doesn't look very similar to st Anns church. In that older photo where st Trinity church was taken from different angle it looked more similar. Still it looks very nice and those windows on the roof seems very unusual for a church.

You are right - on the other photo the similarity was biger.

Anyway- they have sth incommon:

http://imggal.trojmiasto.pl/zdj/arch/200/z256.jpg

http://img49.exs.cx/img49/903/78478jw.jpg

My pictures of churches in Skåne:
http://skyline.250free.com/Domkyrkan.jpg
Domkyrkan, Lund. 55m.

I am impressed with this church,It's one of the finnest Romanesque churches I have ever seen.
Do you have some additional pictures and information about it?I would like to put this building in the Rate Our Architecture section.I am sure that it will get high scores :)

The medieval Cathedral of Turku, southwestern Finland. It was built in the year 1300.

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/4929/turkucathedral0ku.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/turku/sisalla.jpg






Turku Castle

http://img39.exs.cx/img39/1404/turkucastle2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/turku/castlewall.jpg







And the churches of Tallinn




http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8266/kuvia2.jpg




http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4066/korkee_kirkko.jpg



Base of the St. Olaf's Church

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8913/kirkon_alinosa.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/episode3/olafs.jpg




The medieval town hall tower

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/episode3/testi.jpg







The medieval church of Porvoo, a town 30km east of Helsinki.

http://www.juvankoski.com/ilmakuva/x/porvoo/images/porvoo_kirkko_5_240603.jpg
(c) ilmakuva.info




Sadly, I do not have access to my pictures of Olavinlinna castle in Savolinna. This will have to do:

http://www.finlandtravelguide.com/web/touring/index.nsf/(images)/Savonlinna_linna/$file/Savonlinna_linna_iso.jpg
(c) finlandtravelguide.com





Häme castle in Häämenlinna

http://koti.mbnet.fi/pipsak/pictures/hameen%20linna1.jpg
(c) http://koti.mbnet.fi/pipsak