Location: Turku
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Turku (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈturku] ( listen); Swedish: Åbo [ˈoːbʊ] ( listen)) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland. Turku, as a town, was settled during the 13th century and founded most likely at the end of the 13th century, making it the oldest city in Finland. It quickly became the most important city in Finland, a status it retained for hundreds of years. After Finland became part of the Russian Empire (1809) and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved to Helsinki (1812), Turku continued to be the most populous city in Finland until the end of the 1840s, and it remains a regional capital and an important business and cultural center.
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1. Archangel Michael's church
2. Abo Akademi
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3. Network
4. Kakola
5. Pehr Kalm Revival
The environmental artwork, Pehr Kalm Revival, recreates one eighth of the botanical garden founded by Pehr Kalm on this location in 1757. The artwork has been created by Jan-Erik Andersson, 2012. Pehr Kalm was a renowned botanist and a student of Carl Linnaeus. The oak was, according to legend, planted by Pehr Kalm himself around 1760.
