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To: samim anbarcioglu who wrote (11597)	5/16/2001 1:00:39 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

OT-Turku: Turku in finnish comes from "market square", while the swedish name Åbo, literally means Å = slow running river, bo = a place where one lives. turku.fi turku.fi (click on maps, then airplanes for photos) Turku is probably the oldest town in Finland, the capital during the swedish time, 1200 to 1809, medieval stuff, etc although much is gone because of a couple of major fires. (Helsinki became the capital during the russian time 1809-1917, plans made by Alexander the Great, typical renaissance architecture, earlier very small town) That is, Turku "looks and feels" different, although also a harbor plus the river. One can still see parts of a black scorched wall on the "castle" (1280,1556) from one minor swedish-finland revolt from 1599?? -- lysator.liu.se The other major medieval monument in Turku is the castle, started in the 1310's. The castle acted as the main castle of Finland in the middle ages and renaissance and experienced it's best days in the 16th century when the duke of Finland, Johan, held his court there together with the Polish-born princess Katarina Jagellonica whom he married in 1562. Later, in 1568, Johan imprisoned his brother, the mad renaissance king Erik XIV, and he was held prisoner in Turku castle. It's an impressive construction, but perhaps not exceptionally romantic. In the river Aura, there are two 19th century sailingships that act as museums, the Suomen Joutsen and Sigyn. The Cloister Hill (Luostarinmäki) has an attractive collection of simple wooden merchants houses that were spared from the fire of 1827. -- Turku has also been the university town from back in 1640, more non-engineering, unluckily not for electronics, telecom although Salo, where mobile phones started, is closeby. The best part of Turku is outside Turku, the archipelago, thousands of islands (Helsinki has much less) strandbogroup.fi turkutouring.fi A day cruise to small, old wooden town Naantali (the valley of mercy, where finns where killed or baptized..?) on the Steamship S/S Ukkopekka should be OK with kids. Ilmarinen The sexiest thing is obviously the smooth, round red granite rocks (smoothed by iceage) at the waterfronts, rythmically flushed by warm waves during the long summer sunsets.. fma.fi