Turku City Library
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Turku City Library is a municipal public library in Turku. The Main Library is located in the VI District at the city centre. The Turku City Library also operates several branch libraries and two mobi
The new building of the Turku Main Library at the intersection of Linnankatu and Kauppiaskatu.
Linnankatu entrance to the old library building and art work 'Sub Rosa' by Charles Sandison.
The old building of the Main Library before 1924.
Bookmobile in Pikisaari in the 1960s.
Royal Academy of Turku
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The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of Sweden. It was founded
Turku City Library
…The financial situation improved when the city of Turku took over the management of the library in 1878. After the Great Fire of Turku in 1827 the Royal Academy of Turku was moved to Helsinki. Also the library of the Royal Academy was moved, after which there was no more an academic library in Turku. For this reason an…
Seal of the Royal Academy of Åbo
The Royal Academy before the city was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1827.
Inauguration of the Turku Academy Part 1 (Albert Edelfelt, 1902, painting in the ballroom of the University of Helsinki)
Inauguration of the Turku Academy Part 2