Olavinlinna
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Olavinlinna, also known as St. Olaf's Castle, is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi a
The castle in 2020
The castle has three towers remaining
Olofsborg in Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, 1555
Olavinlinna the way it looked in 1690s before one of the towers had collapsed and another exploded, chalcography from 1762
Savonlinna Opera Festival
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Savonlinna Opera Festival is held annually in the city of Savonlinna in Finland. The Festival takes place at the medieval Olavinlinna, built in 1475. The castle is located amid spectacular lake scener
Olavinlinna
…stone fortress still standing and also the best preserved of all the medieval castles in the Swedish realm. The castle forms a spectacular stage for the Savonlinna Opera Festival, which was held for the first time in the summer of 1912. The fortress was founded by Erik Axelsson Tott in 1475 under the name Sankt Olofsborg in an…
St. Olaf's Castle, the venue for the Opera Festival in Savonlinna.
The stage at the courtyard of St. Olaf's Castle.