Mikkeli Cathedral is a neo-gothic brick church built in 1896-1897. The church suffered only minor damage during the bombings of the Continuation War (1941-1944), which destroyed a considerable part of the old Mikkeli. After the war, in 1945, the episcopal seat of the Vyborg diocese was moved to Mikkeli and the church was consecrated as a cathedral.
The Savilahti stone sacristy, dating from the 16th century, was once part of the now defunct Savilahti parish church. In 1930, the town council granted funds to the museum association to transform the stone sacristy into a museum on the theme of the church. The museum opened its doors the following year.
The Toivakka Church, in the neo-gothic style, was built according to the plans of the architect L. I. Lindqvist from 1879 to 1882. The bell tower was completed earlier in 1871. The church was renovated in the 1920s under the direction of the architect Alvar Aalto. In 1973, Pallervo Lukumies, a local artist, painted the special ceiling paintings of the church, based on pop art and the Bible.
Sysmä Church, or St. Olaf Church, is a Lutheran church built around 1520 and extended in 1835 according to the plans of Carl Ludvig Engell. A new bell tower was built in 1845. The pipe organ was delivered by the Kangasalal Organ Factory in 1953.
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