St. Nicholas ChurchPyhän Nikolaoksen kirkkoS:t Nikolaus kyrka

St. Nicholas ChurchPyhän Nikolaoksen kirkkoS:t Nikolaus kyrka - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The St. Nicholas Church (; ; ) is the main church of the Kotka Orthodox Church in Kotka, Finland, surrounded by the Isopuisto park The church was built between 1799 and 1801 according to the drawings of architect Jakov Perrin. The church dates back to the time of the active years of the sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi, when the Russians built the Ruotsinsalmi–Kyminlinna double fortress in the Kymi parish and a fortress town was created on Kotkansaari. The church is the oldest building in present-day Kotka, and it is a notable representative of neoclassicism in Finland. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1801

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