White church
On granite rocks.
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The Church of St Anne on the island of Hamnö in Kökar municipality, in the south-east of Finland's Åland archipelago, is a stone church built in 1784, about 55 km in a straight line south-east of Mariehamn. It stands beside the ruins of a medieval Franciscan monastery. Seal hunters lived on Kökar more than 3,000 years ago. In the Middle Ages one of Finland's three Franciscan friaries was founded on Hamnö; it closed in the 1530s and its buildings fell into ruin, and the present church was built on the site of the old monastery church. The church stands with white walls and a red tiled roof, beside a red wooden bell tower, on smooth bare granite open to the sea. An old graveyard and remains of the monastery walls surround it, and in the 1970s a small chapel was built over the remains of the monastery cellar, displaying copies of archaeological finds. The visit is free. Kökar is reached by ferry from Långnäs on Åland's main island; the crossing is fairly long, so allow a full day, and summer has the most convenient ferry times.
On granite rocks.
Red wood.
Medieval.
Hamnö, Kökar, Åland
By ferry from Långnäs.
Yes.