Täl puol jokke (this side of the river)

1 OLD CITY CENTRE ment drawings for the Town Hall, Trygg House buildings built at the turn of the 1830s by Christian 3 UNIVERSITY HILL Architects Uno Ullberg and Jussi Paatela, as well also known as a gallows hill due to the fact that it and Brinkkala House were prepared by City Ludvig Hjelt (MA) and the printing house of the was used for hanging from the Middle Ages until Urban settlement in began around Turku A water tower designed by Architects Erik Brygg- as premises for the Faculty of Architect P. J. Gylich. Gylich also designed the Åbo Underrättelser magazine were located on the the end of the 18th century. Cathedral, consecrated at the turn of the 13th and man and Albert Richardtson in 1933 is located on Medicine (Ragnar Wessman 1937). U-Hospital residential building constructed in 1831 by plots between Piispankatu and the River Aura. At 14th centuries, and the Old Great Square. In the the northern side of the hill, with school buildings was completed on the Hämeenkatu side in 1969. Captain Fredrik Hjelt, the intricate Stucco reliefs of the beginning of the same decade, the 15th century, the dense settlement extended to for the deaf, designed in 1890, on the southern The design is by Architects Ragnar and Martta 7 VARTIOVUORENMÄKI HILL which, with their garland-carrying putto boys, are Empire-style buildings of Assessor and Justice Ypyä. The Faculty of Medicine’s buildings, located St. Olaf’s Dominican Monastery, which was side. Buildings of the University of Turku that were The Observatory, located at the highest point of assumed to have been made by Ornament Court of Appeal Carl Procopé were constructed at the end of the street, were built in 1938–1946 located where Kaskenkatu is now. This area could designed by Architect Aarne Ervi include the the hill, was completed in 1819 based on drawin- Sculptor Carl Wennerström. The current Neo-Re- on the other side of the street. The Sibelius based on drawings by Ragnar Wessman and in be accessed from the Old Great Square via library building, completed in 1954, and the gs by Architect C. L. Engel. The southern slope of naissance-style exterior of Brinkkala House dates Museum, designed by Architect Woldemar 1952–1954 based on drawings by Jorma Järvi. Luostarin Välikatu and Luostarin Jokikatu. physics and chemistry laboratories. The main the hill houses an area that was spared from the back to repairs carried out in the mid-1880s. Baeckman and completed in 1968, was Turku’s old urban structure was remodelled after building and the Natural Science Building were . It currently serves as the The Empire-style stone houses located on the constructed in place of the Royal Academy of the Great Fire of Turku in 1827, which destroyed completed in 1959. Juslenia, designed by Archite- 5 KURJENKAIVONKENTTÄ AND Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum. The park is southern side of Cathedral Square are used by Turku’s botanical garden, which had been two thirds of the city’s buildings. In accordance ct Aarne Ehojoki, was completed in 1975. The SIRKKALA BARRACKS lined by several buildings dating back to the early Åbo Akademi, founded in 1918. founded in the mid-18th century. The with a town plan prepared in 1828 by Architect eastern side of University Hill is the location of 20th century. The retirement home Hemmet was The residential building built in 1831–1838 by Empire-style building (Hus Lindman) located on The first building at the edge of the park was built Carl Ludvig Engel, the area between Turku Student Houses A and C, designed by Architect built in 1933–1937 based on drawings by August Johan Christian Trapp, based on drawings by the northern side of the garden was constructed ca. 1834, designed by City Architect Gylich. The Cathedral and the Old Great Square was Erik Bryggman, a swimming hall and a restaurant Krook and Eskil Hindersson. The Art Architect Charles Bass, is now the main building by District Doctor Gustaf Rosen and designed by sharpshooter battalion of the Finnish army was remodelled into a square divided into two sections (1952–1955), and Student House B, designed by Nouveau-style Spoof residential palace dates of Åbo Akademi, while Geologicum was originally Architect P. J. Gylich, who is also considered to stationed in Turku in 1846, and the main guard by Uudenmaankatu. Another change was the Architect Olli Kestilä and completed in 1959. the residential building of Nils Petter Cajander, station was built along Kaivokatu, with a military back to 1900 (A. R. Spoof and A. Nyström) and construction of a colonnade that supported the be the designer of the Hjelt Mansion. Procope’s completed in 1838 (P. J. Gylich). Chemicum, Åbo hospital on the Sirkkalankatu side. The Neo-Ren- Villa Solaris to the turn of the 1940s (Architects park hill. The colonnade originally sheltered five stone building is assumed to have been designed Akademi’s chemistry building, was designed by 4 KIINAMYLLYNMÄKI HILL aissance-style building constructed between Jung & Jung). The multi-storey buildings Hjorten boutique spaces, and it is currently part of Pinella by C. L. Engel. Architect Erik Bryggman and constructed in Of the district hospital’s pavilion-like buildings, the them in the mid-1870s is the first building in and Pantern, located on the Kaskenkatu side, Restaurant. Modernist buildings on Piispankatu include the 1948–1951. The Old Academy Building was year 1881 saw the completion of the hospital specifically designed as a barracks. were designed by Architect F. Strandell (1903 and The area around the Old Great Square served as Book Tower of the Åbo Akademi library, complet- constructed in 1802–1815 based on drawings by department, the economic centre, the dermato- 1909). From the 13th century to the early 16th the city centre until the Great Fire of Turku. As of ed in 1936 and designed by Architect Erik Brygg- Architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell. After the fire, logy and venereology department and the mental century, St. Olaf’s Dominican Monastery was the beginning of the 17th century, the Court of man, and Domus Aboensis, a student residence 6 KERTTULINMÄKI HILL the building was renovated for the use of the health department. In 1881, a building was located in part in place of Pantern and in stages in Appeal operated in the medieval Kankainen designed by Architect Pekka Pitkänen in 1965. Kerttuli School, where President Mauno Koivisto Court of Appeal and the Cathedral Chapter. constructed on Kiinamyllynkatu for the gatekee- place of Kaskenlinna, which was built in House. Together with a residential building The Neo-Renaissance style of the late 19th received his education, was designed by City per and, in 1891, another building for the assistant 1901–1928. constructed in 1835 by Merchant G. E. Trygg, the century is represented by a residential building Architect Johan Eskil Hindersson. When the (Humanisticum) designed in 1898 by Architect surgeon. The buildings were designed by the Kankainen Building currently serves as Katedrals- 2 PIISPANKATU school first began operating in autumn 1912, it 7 Gustaf Nyström as well as the Archbishop’s Board of Public Buildings (L. I. Lindqvist and H. kolan. The Town Hall, completed in 1736, was The oldest buildings in the area, as well as the was the largest and most modern primary school Palace, designed in 1897 by Architects Jac. Dahlström). The years 1936–1938 saw the renovated for use as the residential house of purest in terms of architectural style, are located in Turku. The school included baths and a Ahrenberg and Sebastian Gripenberg. completion of A-Hospital, based on drawings by Merchant A. F. Pfaler after the fire. The redevelop- at the southern end of the street. The residential teaching kitchen, among other things. The hill is Tois puol jokke (the other side of the river)

Route 1 1901–1903 by Fredrik von Rettig was designed 6 AURAKATU residential building based on drawings by C. by the Bank of Finland based on drawings by the church’s fixtures and ornamentation by by Baron K. A. Wrede. The new main library was The Wuorilinna apartment building was built in Bass. The adjoining Empire-style building Architect/Professor Gustaf Nyström. The building Architect Max Frelander. The stained glass 1 TURKU MARKET SQUARE completed in 2007 based on the design of JKMM 1907 based on drawings by F. Strandell, and the contains the first building designed in Finland by is flanked by multi-storey buildings owned by windows were made by Willy Baer. The blocks of Architects. The Empire-style building at the C. L. Engel (Lohman House 1814, made higher in Asunto Oy Wilenia that were designed in 1962 by wooden houses located behind the church were Thanks to the town plan designed by C. L. Engel former school building designed by Architect Jac. corner was designed by P. J. Gylich and 1828). The Empire-style building located on the Architect Pekka Pitkänen. The neighbouring built to meet the needs of the working class in 1828, the Market Square became the centre of Ahrenberg was completed in 1910. Ahrenberg constructed by Clockmaker Elias Ekblom in other side of Aurakatu was constructed for apartment building was designed by Architect between 1900 and 1906 for the most part. The the city’s business life. The Orthodox Church and also designed the former National Romantic-style 1845. Apothecary E. Julinin in 1829 based on drawings Erik Bryggman. The high stone wall and low-rise residential barracks for the working class were Åbo Svenska Teatern were designed by C. L. all-girls school (1906) that was renovated in 2004 by C. Bass. The building also retains parts of the stone buildings are remnants of Russian barracks mostly designed by Master Builders Anton Engel in the 1830s. Modernist architecture is into Vimma – Art and Activity Centre for Youth. so-called Augustin Shophouse, which was built in that were located in the area in the 1840s. Salviander and Kaarlo and Adrian Thomander. represented by KOP-kolmio, a triangle-shaped 4 VÄHÄTORI SQUARE The school building completed in 1908 for use as the 1760s. The Neo-Renaissance-style building The two-storey Art Nouveau building was built in shopping centre designed in 1961 by Architect a business college was designed by City Architect The building that is now known as the Casagran- constructed in 1897 for insurance company 1778 for use as a salt warehouse and renovated Viljo Revellin, and Wiklund Department Store, J. Eskil Hindersson, and it is the first building in 12 MAALAISTENTALO (AGRICULTURAL de House was built in 1830, utilising the old walls, Verdandi is one of the first masterpieces of Frithiof for residential use in 1902 based on drawings by designed in 1957 by Ole and Bertel Gripenberg. Turku with a reinforced concrete frame. Another COOPERATIVE BUILDING) and the building was remodelled to its current Strandell, who was known as an Art Nouveau Architect Fritiof Strandell. Hotel Marina Palace appearance in 1904. The same methods were building of high value in terms of construction The Southwest Finland Agricultural Cooperative technique is the apartment building at Aurakatu architect. was designed by Unto and Jaakko Rantanen and 2 TURUN SANOMAT OFFICE BUILDING used with the neighbouring stone building, which completed in 1974. The building resembling a Building is the first building designed in Turku by was originally an Empire-style building designed 22, built in 1919–1920, the frame of which was Architect Alvar Aalto and it was completed in The office building designed for the Turun Baroque palace, owned by Höyrylaiva Oy Bore, by P. J. Gylich and constructed in 1831–1833. constructed using so called ‘Tapani slabs’, 8 FORTUNA 1927. After the building was completed, Aalto and Sanomat newspaper by Alvar Aalto is one of the designed by inventor Juho Tapani. The building was designed by Architects Jung & Jung in 1928. The building’s current appearance and the gate The building designed by C. Bass in 1812 was the his family took up residence on its top floor, which first functionalist buildings in Finland that apply the was4 constructed based on drawings by J. O. blocking access to the old Brahenkatu date back first Seurahuone restaurant in Finland, and the was also the location of his architectural office. five principles of Architect Le Corbusier: load-bea- Laiho and Karl Bäckström. The youngest layer of to 1885. 6 building has served as Turku City Hall since 1885. 10 SAIRASHUONEENKATU ring columns, free design of the ground plan, free the street is represented by the Salamankulma The building’s Neo-Renaissance facade and design of the facade, the horizontal window and residential and commercial buildings and Aurelia. The Neo-Renaissance-style stone building was 13 TO YLIOPISTONKATU VIA BETEL interior were designed by Architect F. A. Sjöström. roof gardens. The office building was built in 5 PUOLALA PARK The facades of Salamankulma, completed in completed in 1892 based on drawings by City CHURCH The wings of the city hall date back to 1861 and Architect Arthur Kajanus. The building was 1927–1929. Aalto was assisted by Aino Turku Art Museum is one of the first modern 1961 based on drawings by Architects Matti Betel Church, designed by Architect Fritiof were designed by G. T. Chiewitz. The main renovated into the new Turku Courthouse in 1997 Marsio-Aalto as well as Erling Bjertnäs and Harald museum buildings in Finland. The museum was Hakala and Aarne Nuotio, were originally made of Strandell, was constructed on top of the hill in building of Qwensel House was constructed by based on drawings by Architect Pekka Pitkänen. Wildhagen from Norway. built based on a proposal submitted by Architect marble. Aurelia, parish hall of the Swedish Parish 1906. Upon winning an architectural competition W. J. Qwensel, Assessor of the Court of Appeal, The three stone buildings designed by C. L. Engel Gustaf Nyström for an invitational competition, of Turku, was designed by LPR Architects and in 1927, Erik Bryggman designed Hospits Betel, a ca. 1700. The location currently houses the in 1825 for use as a teaching hospital became and the construction was completed in 1904. The completed in 2005. commercial building and hotel constructed on the 3 LIBRARY BLOCK Pharmacy Museum and Qwensel House. The barracks in 1828 and a provincial hospital in 1858. apartment buildings constructed at the edge of street side, and a church bell tower, both of which The two-storey stone house built for the president stone building on the Linnankatu side was In 1881, the buildings were renovated and expan- the park were designed by Architects Alexander were completed in 1929. Together with the apart- of the Court of Appeal in the 1730s was remodel- Route 2 completed in 1909 (Architects Knut Wasastjerna ded for use as a customs warehouse for the Nyström (b, Museomäki 1924 and c, Päivölä ment building of Asunto Oy Atrium that was being led into the official residence of the provincial and G. A. Lindberg), Säästöpankki’s Neo-Renais- steamboat port. The house built by Ropemaker 1908), Fritiof Strandell (Albatross 1910) and Jussi 7 FROM THE NEW MARKET SQUARE constructed on the adjacent plot at the same time governor in the 1760s. The building’s remaining sance palace in 1890 (Sebastian Gripenberg, Erik Ekroht in the mid-18th century represents the Paatela (Puolala 1912). Most of the crafts- TO HERRAINKULMA (competition 1926, construction 1927–28), these wall structures were later used in the building of a sculptures by Emil Vikström) and its ancillary oldest building stock in the area. man-style wooden villas were designed by Master buildings created a harmonious, Italian-style who- trivial school in 1829. The drawings for the school In the 18th century, the area was taken over by building on the Kristiinankatu side in 1912 (Birger Builder Adrian Thomander. The Åbo Svenska le, complemented by a staircase. This whole was building were prepared by C. L. Engel. The office the new bourgeois class, who set up trade Brunila and Valter Jung). samskolan building was completed in 1910 based 11 ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH AND further complemented by a commercial and re- building of the provincial governor, built in 1817, warehouses and production facilities. One of the on drawings by Wivi Lönn. Iso-Puolala House PORTSA (PORT ARTHUR) sidential building that was designed for insurance was preserved so well that it could be put back to most notable manufactories was a sugar refinery dates back to the 1770s and the ancillary building 9 FROM A BANK TO A PALACE St. Michael’s Church was built in 1899–1904 company Sampo by Bryggman and completed in use after small repairs. The library building that was built in in 1756–1758. After the Great Fire to the 1820s. The Renaissance palace at the corner of Linnan- based on a proposal by Lars Sonck, a student of 1938. The building was made higher in 1951– constructed and donated to the City of Turku in of Turku, the refinery was renovated into a katu was built in 1914 for use as an office building architecture. Sonck was assisted in the design of 1953. ArchitecTOUR ArchitecTOUR EN Turku is an old cultural city with a great deal of things to offer: history, architecture, interesting buildings, outdoor

sculptures, trees, parks, gardens, churches and chapels, stories and individual destinies. ressikj. g n o K The ArchitecTOUR map contains a compact information package on the architecture of the city centre

and the development of the cityscape. There are several alternate routes. Pispala ‘Täl pual jokke’ (this side of the river) starts from the Old Great Square. n ‘Tois pual jokke’ (the other side of the river) t ie comprises two routes that intersect on atu ie nt Helsingink tio n e Market Square. The routes are planned in such a way that you can easily switch Su i

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Varvin- • Text: Museum Centre of Turku, Kaarin Kurri. tori • Sources: The Museum Information Portal (MIP) and Turun katuja ja toreja, nimistöhistoriaa keskiajalta nykypäivään (Streets and market squares in Turku, nomenclature history from the Middle Ages to the present day; publications of the Museum Centre of Turku 53, 2011). Printed 2015