Hattula, Finland - Church of the Holy Cross - 1981 Europa stamp

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• Picture / Image:  Hattula - The Church of the Holy Cross, Finland
• Publisher:  Henrik de Heij
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Finland 1.10 1981 Europa stamp SG993
• Postmark(s):  Riihimak 13 July 1981
• Sent to:  Brill, Buckinghamshire, England
• Notes / condition: 

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Hattula is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Parola.

It is part of the Tavastia Proper region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. The municipality has a population of 9,706 (30 September 2012)^[2] and covers an area of 427.39 square kilometres (165.02 sq mi) of which 69.55 km² (26.85 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 27.12 inhabitants per square kilometre (70.2 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

A central element of the landscape in Hattula is lake Vanajavesi by which most of the oldest settlements in the area are concentrated.

A notable monument is the Holy Cross Church in Hattula.

The Holy Cross Church (Finnish: Pyhän Ristin kirkko) in Hattula, Finland, is the oldest church in the former Tavastia (Häme) province.^[1]

Archaeologist and art history professor Markus Hiekkanen has shown that construction of the current brick building spanned the period from 1472 to 1490 and that the building did not date to the 14th century, as previously thought.^[2]

Unique for having been built almost entirely of brick rather than stone, the church was a popular pilgrimage destination during the Middle Ages. A grey stone perimeter wall was added in the 16th century.^[1] The church contains paintings from the years 1510 through 1922, as well as 40 wooden sculptures dating to the first half of the 14th century.^[1] Precious-metal crowns which had formerly belonged to the church were confiscated during the Reformation. The church pulpit, dating to 1550, is the oldest surviving pulpit in Finland. A second pulpit was built in the 17th century. A bell tower next to the church dates to 1813.

The Hattula church is known for its lime paint frescoes done in late Gothic style, likely completed by the same group of artists who later painted the St. Lars church in Lohja (Finnish: Pyhän Laurin kirkko).

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