Porvoo Cathedral
Porvoo, Finland
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
Porvoo Cathedral is a Gothic brick Lutheran cathedral in Porvoo, Finland, attributed to the Master of Pernå. Its oldest parts date from the 13th century, and it was largely built in the 15th. It became a cathedral in 1723, when the diocese of Viipuri moved to Porvoo after Vyborg was ceded to Russia, and it is now the seat of the Swedish-speaking Diocese of Borgå.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- cathedral, Lutheran cathedral
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- church-protected building
- Place
- Porvoo, Finland
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