2024

JUSELIUS BURIAL CHAPEL

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

Built by J. Stenbäck at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, it was built in the Käppärä cemetery opened in 1884. Juselius, a city industrialist, commissioned the mausoleum in memory of his only child, his daughter Sigrid Juselius, who died at the age of 11. Construction began in 1901 and was completed two years later. The frescoes in the mausoleum are the work of Aleksis Gallèn-Kallela and were restored by his son. It's a nice visit if you're around.

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2024

KESKI-PORI CHURCH

Religious buildings

It is the central church in Pori, a Lutheran church, the largest in the Satakunta region and one of the largest in Finland. It is a large and beautiful neo-Gothic red brick church built in 1863, which can accommodate 2,000 worshippers. Fully restored in 1995, it looks good in the middle of its park and on the banks of the river Kokemäenjoki. Its cast-iron bell tower is 72 m high. The interior is decorated in the romantic nationalist style and the paintings dating from 1898 are by architect August Krook.

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