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
Treaty of Nöteborg
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The Treaty of Nöteborg, also known as the Treaty of Oreshek or the Treaty of Pähkinäsaari, was the peace treaty signed at Oreshek Fortress on 12 August 1323. It was the first agreement between Sweden
Olavinlinna
…following Ivan III's conquest of the Novgorod Republic. It was sited in Savonia so as to lay claim to the Russian side of the border established by the Treaty of Nöteborg. One of Tott's letters from 1477 includes a passing mention of foreign builders invited to Olofsborg, probably from Reval, where the city fortifications…
The two-branched border as defined in the treaty, according to John H. Lind and Jarl Gallén. Shown in red the undisputed section of the border, shown in black dotted line the two branches of the border and in gray the border that was in use in the 16th century.
Russian copy of the treaty
Peace Memorial at Pähkinäsaari