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Kuusiston kirkkomaisema

Kaarina, Varsinais-Suomi, Finland

The record

Type
Nationally significant built cultural environment (RKY)
Elements (as the agency lists them)
hautausmaa, kellotapuli, kirkko
Character (as the agency lists it)
agraarimaisema
Municipality
Kaarina
Region
Varsinais-Suomi
Country
Finland
Coordinates
60.38202, 22.41163
Pin
Placed by TreeAlive at the centre of the largest area the agency maps
RKY number
5087

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Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)

The 1666 map covering this location: "Finlande Septentr.le, et Merid.le, Nylande, et Tavasthus" (Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1666 · Finlande Septentr.le, et Merid.le, Nylande, et Tavasthus (Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica))

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The Finnish Heritage Agency's description

Kuusiston kirkko on 1790-luvulla rakennettu maisemallisesti näyttävälle paikalle korkealle mäelle, joka on ollut kappeliseurakunnan ensimmäinen kirkonpaikka. Kirkonmäeltä avautuu saaren etelärannan vuosisatoja viljelyksessä ollut avoin maisema.

Pieni puukirkko on yksilaivainen pitkäkirkko, jonka pohjoissivulla lähellä itäpäätyä on kylkiäisenä pieni sakaristo. Lyhytnurkkainen hirsirakennus sijaitsee edeltäneen kappelikirkon paikalla. Alttari kehyksineen on tehty kirkon valmistuttua 1790-luvulla, jolloin myös saarnastuoli on saanut nykyasunsa. Sen runko periytyy mahdollisesti edeltäneestä, samalla paikalla sijainneesta kirkosta. Seinien pilarikoristeiset tapetit ovat löytyneet sisätiloissa 1974 tehdyn entistävän korjauksen yhteydessä. Osa tapetista on siirretty Kansallismuseoon.

Erillinen puinen kellotapuli on rakennettu 1763 ja sitä on uusittu kirkon rakentamisen yhteydessä. Kirkkomaata ympäröi harmaakiviaita. Lukkarinasunto on lähellä kirkkoa.

Kuusiston saari perustettiin Piikkiön emäseurakunnan kappeliksi 1653, jolloin rakennettiin seurakunnan ensimmäinen kirkko. Nykyinen kirkko rakennettiin edeltäneen paikalle 1792 ilmeisesti aiemman kirkon hirsistä. Työtä johti rakennusmestari Söderman. Sisätiloiltaan kirkkoa uudistettiin uusgoottilaistyyliseksi 1899-1900 arkkitehti Helge Rancken johdolla. Kirkkoa entistettiin 1974 arkkitehti Pekka Pitkäsen johdolla.

Kuusisto toimi itsenäisenä seurakuntana vuodesta 1863 vuoteen 1885, jolloin se palasi Piikkiön kappeliksi. Kirkkoherrakunta siitä tuli jälleen 1914, mutta 1954 saari liitettiin Kaarinan seurakuntaan.

Tove Riska, Kuusiston kirkko. Suomen kirkot 3. Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys 1964.

Timo Havia, Jukka Luoto, Piikkiön historia 1. Jyväskylä 1989.

English translation (from the Finnish)

The text above is the record as published by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto), in Finnish. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Kuusisto Church was built in the 1790s on a high hill in a scenically prominent location, which had been the first church site of the chapel parish. From the church hill there is an open view of the southern shore of the island, which had been under cultivation for centuries.

The small wooden church is a single-nave long church, with a small sacristy attached to the north side near the east end. The short-corner log building stands on the site of a preceding chapel church. The altar with its frame was made after the church was completed in the 1790s, when the pulpit also received its present form. Its body possibly dates from the earlier church that stood on the same spot. The pillar-patterned wallpapers on the walls were discovered inside during the restoration carried out in 1974. Part of the wallpaper has been transferred to the Kansallismuseo.

The separate wooden bell tower was built in 1763 and was renewed in connection with the construction of the church. The churchyard is surrounded by a grey stone fence. The cantor's residence is near the church.

Kuusisto island was established as a chapel of the Piikkiö mother parish in 1653, when the parish's first church was built. The present church was built in 1792 on the site of the preceding church, apparently using logs from the earlier church. The work was led by master builder Söderman. The interior of the church was renovated in a neo-Gothic style in 1899-1900 under the direction of architect Helge Rancke. The church was restored in 1974 under the direction of architect Pekka Pitkänen.

Kuusisto functioned as an independent parish from 1863 to 1885, when it returned to being a chapel of Piikkiö. It became a parish again in 1914, but in 1954 the island was incorporated into the Kaarina parish.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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