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    Turku Main Library (Finnish: Turun kaupunginkirjaston pääkirjasto, Swedish: Åbo huvudbibliotek) is the chief branch of Turku City Library, located in...
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    Turku City Library (Finnish: Turun kaupunginkirjasto, Swedish: Åbo stadsbibliotek) is a municipal public library in Turku. The Main Library is located...
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    Library Metso Turku Main Library Seinäjoki Library "FAQ". Helsinki Central Library Oodi. Retrieved 2019-01-04. "ALA Architects wins Helsinki library competition"...
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    Turku (/ˈtʊərkuː/ TOOR-koo; Finnish: [ˈturku] ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland...
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    Turku City Library, and the Turku Cultural Centre worked in the upstairs level. The library section moved to the new building of Turku Main Library and...
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    The Library Bridge (Finnish: Kirjastosilta, Swedish: Biblioteksbron) is a pedestrian and cycling bridge in Turku designed by Pontek Oy. Located at the...
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    which is a statue of Axel Oxenstierna. The architecture of the old main library in Turku, Finland, was influenced by the Swedish House of Nobility. The older...
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    different projects or even combining elements in the same work. The Turku Main Library, by Karl August Wrede, completed in 1903, was designed in a Dutch...
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    (2005) Turku Main Library (2007) "Kirnu", Finnish pavilion for Shanghai Expo (2010) Saunalahti Children's House, Espoo (2011) Seinäjoki City Library (2012)...
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    Danish National Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. He is widely known through his recordings, including...
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    Wäinö Aaltonen (category People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
    1957, Hyvinkää Genius ohjaa nuoruutta (in front of the University of Turku main library), 1958–1960 Statues of presidents in front of Parliament house: K...
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    Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is Finland's oldest city, having been founded in 1229. The city has a history as part of Sweden, Russia, and finally as an important...
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  • a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved...
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    conceptualised by JKMM Architects, whose other works include the Turku Main Library and the Finnish pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The goal...
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    the low-rise since 1977. The main library of the University of Turku on Yliopistonmäki was renamed the Phoenix Library in 2015 in connection with the...
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  • The 2017 Turku attack occurred on 18 August 2017 at around 16:02–16:05 (UTC+3) when 10 people were stabbed in central Turku, Southwest Finland. Two women...
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    from 1887 to 1893. He came in second in a design competition for the Turku Main Library in 1899, but most of his elements were incorporated into the final...
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    The Turku barracks was a barracks building for the military of Russia built in 1833 in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland, along the street Läntinen Henrikinkatu...
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    The National Library of Finland (Finnish: Kansalliskirjasto, Swedish: Nationalbiblioteket) is the foremost research library in Finland. Administratively...
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    Erik Bryggman (category Architects from Turku)
    University Library, Turku (1934–35) Kåren Turku Student Union building (1935–36) Restoration of Kakskerta Church, Turku (1938–40) Resurrection Chapel, Turku (1938-1941)...
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    city plan for Turku after most of it was wiped out by the Great Fire of Turku in 1827. Engel died on 14 May 1840 in Helsinki. The main building of the...
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    Among the Finnish highways, the most significant and busiest main roads include the Turku Highway (E18), the Tampere Highway (E12), the Lahti Highway (E75)...
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  • the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. Russia then moved the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki, and the city grew dramatically during the 19th century. Finnish...
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    deposit. Helsinki University Library (the university had been transferred from Turku in 1827) remained the main deposit library. Additional copies began to...
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    Sibelius Museum (category Buildings and structures in Turku)
    composer Jean Sibelius. The museum is located close to Turku Cathedral in the historical city centre of Turku on the southwest coast of Finland. It is the only...
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    The VI District is the northernmost of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the west side of the river Aura, to the east of Aurakatu...
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    Paimio Sanatorium is still owned by Turku University hospital, but is no longer used as a hospital. Since 2014, the main building and some staff houses have...
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    Mikael Agricola (category Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku)
    "father of literary Finnish". Agricola was consecrated as the bishop of Turku (Åbo) in 1554, without papal approval. He continued the reform of the Finnish...
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    Freewinds (category Ships built in Turku)
    with the Church of Scientology. She was built in 1968 by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland, for Wallenius Lines as MS Bohème for service with Commodore...
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     Switzerland Mont Pèlerin Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni 122 m 1964 Tower Finland Turku Nebraska State Capitol 122 m (400 ft) 1932 Tower State government United...
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