Tomorrow we celebrate both the All Saints Day and Finnish Swedish Heritage Day.
Sweden-Finland / Sverige-Finland is a term developed in Finnish historiography afterwards
to describe the kingdom that included most of present-day Sweden and most of present-day
Finland from the 13th century to 1808. Most of the Finnish upper class were Swedish speaking
in the 19th century and today about 5 % of the people are Swedish speaking.
The neoclassical church of Askainen was built by the owner of Louhisaari Manor, Governor-general Herman Claes'son Fleming in 1653 as the chapel church of Louhisaari Manor. It’s one of the rare stone churches in Finland built after the Reformation in the 17th century. There is a funeral chapel of the Mannerheim family in the cemetery. In 2009, the Finnish Heritage Agency defined Louhisaari Manor and Askainen Church as one of Finland's nationally significant built cultural environments.
The church's shingle roofing is interesting, a Dutch-style or curved saddle roof.
The ridge of the roof has three decorative crosses with pennant at the top.
The beautiful bell tower was erected in 1772–1779.
The church was closed but I found these two interior photos from the Finnish Wikipedia.
The old cemetery was calm and unadorned.
See my post about the Louhisaari Manor.
on the Saturday during the period between 31 October and 6 November.
We have a habit of taking candles and wreaths to the graves.
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Have a peaceful All Saints Day!
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