Keuruu Church

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The church (1892) is a long church with a short transept; at its northe end is a lower, narrower chancel, with the sacristy situated behind it. At the front stands a four-storey bell tower with a high spire. The interior of the church has three naves.

The altarpieces in the red-brick, Neo-Gothic church were painted by the artist Eero Jä efelt (1863–1937) between 1889 and 1892.

The fourth church of the Keuruu parish was built on Kippavuorenmäki, near the old church, in 1892.
The site took its name from the spring upon which the church’s altar was built.

Architect Theodor Granstedt
Built by Odert Laine 1889–1892
Renovation in 1956 by architect Elsi Borg
Altarpieces by Eero Jä efelt
Walcker organ from Germany, 1902
Organ restoration in 1992 by Hans Heinric; seating capacity: 1,100

The new church was built as a brick church in the Neo-Gothic style with a south tower. The foundations are made of grey granite. The chairman of the church building committee was the factory owner G. A. Serlachius.

The interior of the church feels spacious and cathedral-like. The small side aisles give the nave a cruciform layout. At the north end of the three-aisled nave is a vaulted chancel containing a Neo-Gothic altarpiece.