Espoo Cathedral

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Espoo Cathedral

The Espoo Cathedral ( finn. Espoon tuomiokirkko , Swed. ESBA domkyrka ) is the diocesan church of the Diocese of Espoo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the oldest surviving building of the city of Espoo .

The simple, cross-shaped building in the Espoon keskus district, made of gray granite rubble stones, dates from the second half of the 1480s. Originally it was three-winged, but in the 1820s it was given its present shape with a transept . In the 1930s the former barrel vault was rebuilt in a Gothic style. The bell tower dates from 1767; its point was renewed in 1868/69.

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Coordinates: 60 ° 12 ′ 33.7 ″  N , 24 ° 39 ′ 8.2 ″  E