I had a training camp with my dogs and I drove past these church ruins and decided to photograph it on my way home. The funniest thing is, that I had already forgotten, that the first church I photographed with my dogs wasn't Mikkeli cathedral after all, but these church ruins. It was back in 2010 after an obedience competition. Unfortunately I can't find this photo anymore.
The church was architected and built probably between 1495 and 1505. The reformation from catholic to evangelic church impacted some changes in the church - all the saint sculptures were removed and the church got pews and a pulpit. Equally to the Iitti church also Pälkäne church was robbed and damaged by Russian troops during the Great Russian Wrath between 1714 - 1721. Foundation of the church started to sink around 1740 and because there was a new church built in Pälkäne 1839, this old church was abandoned. In 1890 the roof collapsed in a storm. You can see the wooden saint sculptures of Saint Olaf II of Norway and Lawrence of Rome now in National Museum in Helsinki.
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| In one of the bricks in the doorframe there is a dog pawprint |
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| Here you can see how it looks inside the church |
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