Turku City & Castle, Finland

Turku, a city on the southwest coast of Finland, straddles the Aura River.

Harmonia, fountain sculpture by Achim Kühn.

Forum Marinum, a maritime museum.

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Turku Castle, the largest surviving medieval building in Finland.

The Swedish conquerors of Finland intended it originally as a military fortress.

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The renovation of the castle, which was begun before the Second World War and interrupted by Finland's two wars with the Soviet Union.