Loppi Church
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| name = Loppi Church
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| native_name = {{langx|fi|Lopen kirkko}}
{{langx|sv|Loppis kyrka}}
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| location = Loppi
| country = Finland
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| architect = Konstantin Kiseleff
Elia Heikel
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| style = Gothic Revival
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| completed date = 1888
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| capacity = 800
| parish = Loppi
| diocese = Tampere
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The Loppi Church ({{langx|fi|Lopen kirkko}}; {{langx|sv|Loppis kyrka}}) is the 19th-century Gothic Revival red-brick church located in the Loppi municipality in Tavastia Proper, Finland.{{cite web|url=https://www.lopenseurakunta.fi/documents/1698910/0/lopen_kirkot_esite.pdf/9074f9e6-b505-4d61-8d74-12ea4726eb7b|title=Lopen kirkot|publisher=Lopen seurakunta|access-date=27 January 2024|language=fi}} The building was designed by {{ill|Konstantin Kiseleff|fi}} and {{ill|Elia Heikel|fi}}, and it was completed in 1888. The church burned down in 1914 and, after the renovation, it was reopened in 1921.{{cite web|url=https://www.tiekirkot.fi/kirkot/lopen-kirkko/|title=Lopen kirkko|publisher=Tiekirkot|access-date=27 January 2024|language=fi}}
The church's first 21-tone pipe organ was manufactured by the Kangasala's organ factory in 1926.{{cite book|first1=Jorma|last1=Kallenautio|first2=Heikki|last2=Wuorenrinne|title=Lopen historia kunnallisen itsehallinnon aikana|volume=1|page=531|publisher=Hämeen Kirjapaino|year=1976|isbn=951-99093-5-4|language=fi}} The current 29-tone pipe organ from 1988 was manufactured by the Danish company Christensen & Sønner.
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=Further reading=
- {{cite book|first1=Markku|last1=Haapio|first2=Laura|last2=Luostarinen|title=Suomen kirkot ja kirkkotaide|volume=2|publisher=Etelä-Suomen kustannus|location=Lieto|year=1980|isbn=9519064281|language=fi}}
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External links
- [https://www.lopenseurakunta.fi/lopen-kirkko Loppi Church] at Lopen seurakunta (in Finnish)
Category:19th-century churches in Finland
Category:Buildings and structures in Kanta-Häme
Category:Churches completed in 1888
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