Church of Kallio

Kallion kirkko, Skala Church, Kallio Church, Berghälls kyrka, Kallio Church
Finland, Helsinki
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Church of Kallio

Kallion kirkko, Skala Church, Kallio Church, Berghälls kyrka, Kallio Church
Finland, Helsinki
Kallio Church is located on a hilltop in the Kallio district of Helsinki. This gray granite church with a high bell tower was built at the beginning of the 20th century. designed by architect Lars Sonck in Art Nouveau style.
The church in Kallio is a Lutheran church, so the interior is not richly decorated. The walls of the temple are decorated with art nouveau paintings. The main themes of the paintings were the Christian symbols of plants. The church has excellent acoustics, which is why it is one of the most popular venues for chamber and organ music concerts. A bell tower is located in the granite tower, and 2 times a day - at noon and at 6 pm - the melody of the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is heard from it. It is spacious, simple and light.

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Traveled 9 years ago
Rating 7
A little gloomy on the outside, light and spacious inside - that's what it is, Kallio Church, the decoration of the eponymous district of Helsinki. Built in 1912 in the "Finnish Art Nouveau" style, the church from afar looks like the building of the Helsinki railway station. Interestingly, the music for its bells was composed by Jean Sibelius. The church has two organs, and she herself can fit more than a thousand people under her vaults. Most of its parishioners were urban workers, so several bas-reliefs inside the church depict ordinary people in the clothes of the new time who came to Christ.
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