Tampere Old ChurchTampereen Vanha KirkkoTammerfors gamla kyrka

Tampere Old ChurchTampereen Vanha KirkkoTammerfors gamla kyrka - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Tampere Old Church (; ) is a wooden cross church opened in 1825 in Tampere, Finland near the Central Square. The old church is mainly used by the Swedish-speaking Lutheran congregation in Tampere. The church was designed by Italian-born Carlo Bassi and completed in 1824.Vanha kirkko - Tampereen seurakuntayhtymä (in Finnish)Tampereen Hämeenkatu, Hämeensilta ja Keskustori - Museovirasto (in Finnish) The belfry, designed by C. L. Engel, was completed in 1828.Tampereen Vanhan kirkon kellotapuli - Museokeskus Vapriikki (in Finnish) The Old Church is the oldest surviving building in the city center of Tampere, and the adjoining belfry is the second oldest. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1824

Source: en.wikipedia.org