History

Pyhälahti Inn is a very large vintage Finnish log cabin. It was originally buit to accomodate a traditional Finnish Pyhälahti Folk School. It is is located on the shore of Lake Keitele Pyhälahti Bay in Konnevesi. The school building was completed in the fall of 1946.

Pyhälahti School is the last elementary school founded in Konnevesi municipality. The school is a vintage school building of the 1930s and 1940s typical of its construction style and power. The building is a part of Finnish cultural and architectural heritage.

The grounds of the school are on the slope of the sandy beach of Pyhälahti. There is a natural rock formation left the ice age called "Hiidenpelto" [devilsgarden]. This is the reason that the school grounds were originally unbuilt. The school building is located about 50 meters from the old traditional Pyhälahti fishhermens road. The school's slope on the lake there is is a beautiful beach grove and swimming place. There is also a natural spring.

The Pyhälahti Gulf of Keitele is a site for conservation of the nature reserve of Natura 2000. The waterway is connected to the Kymijoki river basin and the Neitur canal to Finland's newest southern Konneveden National Park. The area is natural, and many ancient monuments have been found in the area.

The school building was set up in 1940, but the project was not completed until 1946. The school was built by Matti Paananen, Simo Sirkka and Kalle Jäppinen. The foundation blocks were taken from Kantian Mountain. The rock is a light gray, medium grain, clearly orientated granodiorite, with reddish granite in the form of trimmings or cuts.

The school building is log constructed. It was originally the headstone. In 1954, the building had a brick roof and a lawn liner. In 1965, the Pyhälahti Folk School was abolished and the school district was merged into Särkisalo School District. The school then operated as a village hall.

The school cabin and the yard was renovated in 1990 to house Rantakallio Hiking Center. Years 1999 - 2010 Finnish artist Eeva-Liisa Mölsä (Sorainen) had her sculptor's Studio in the site. Since then log cabin has been used as a studio for documentary photography and today it wellcomes travellers to have holidays in Pyhälahti Inn.

In the vicinity there is a Village filmtheatre Navettakino, Traditional Caffé Riihikahvila, fishing port Kalasatama and Pyhälahti beach resort.