Lapua Cathedral
Lapua, Finland
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Lapua Cathedral, located in Lapua, Finland, is a neoclassical wooden church completed in 1827 and designed by Carl Ludvig Engel in collaboration with the National Board of Public Building. Serving as the seat of the Diocese of Lapua, it is distinguished by housing Finland's largest pipe organ. Now designated a church-protected building, the cathedral exemplifies the neoclassical style that Engel championed in nineteenth-century Finnish architecture.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- cathedral, Lutheran cathedral
- Materials
- wood
- Heritage
- church-protected building
- Place
- Lapua, Finland
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