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The Porvoo Town Hall (or the Porvoo Rathaus; Porvoon raatihuone; Borgå rådhus) is a former town hall and current museum in Porvoo, Finland.[1]

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  1. 30 relations: Albert Edelfelt, Alfred William Finch, Baroque, Bell tower, Carl Hårleman, Christmas carol, Christmas Eve, Christmas Peace, Classicism, Eastern Uusimaa, Finland, Finnish Literature Society, Golden Age of Finnish Art, Helsinki, Johan Knutson, Last Glacial Period, Louis Sparre, Market square, Middle Ages, Museum, Nyland Brigade, Porvoo, Porvoo Cathedral, Porvoo Museum, Rauma Old Town Hall, Saara Hopea, Suomen kansallisbiografia, Tartu Town Hall, Town hall, Ville Vallgren.

  2. Baroque architecture in Finland
  3. Buildings and structures completed in 1764
  4. Buildings and structures in Porvoo
  5. City and town halls in Finland
  6. Museums in Finland

Albert Edelfelt

Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905) was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art.

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Alfred William Finch

Alfred William (Willy) Finch (1854 –1930) was a ceramist and painter in the pointillist and Neo-Impressionist style.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Bell tower

A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none.

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Carl Hårleman

Baron Carl Hårleman (27 August 1700 – 9 February 1753) was a Swedish architect.

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Christmas carol

A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas holiday season.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus.

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Christmas Peace

Christmas Peace (joulurauha, julfrid) is a traditional Finnish event whereby a town formally announces the beginning of the Christmas season.

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Classicism

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate.

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Eastern Uusimaa

Eastern Uusimaa or, officially, Itä-Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa; Östra Nyland; literally "Eastern New Land") was one of the 19 regions of Finland, until it consolidated with the region of Uusimaa on 1 January 2011.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Finnish Literature Society

The Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ry or SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish.

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Golden Age of Finnish Art

The Golden Age of Finnish Art coincided with the national awakening of Finland, during the era of the Grand Duchy of Finland under the Russian Empire.

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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.

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Johan Knutson

Johan Knutson (28 September 1816, Allerum - 13 September 1899, Helsinki) was a Swedish-born Finnish landscape painter.

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Last Glacial Period

The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.

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Louis Sparre

Pehr Louis Sparre af Söfdeborg (3 August 1863 – 26 October 1964) was a Swedish painter, designer and draughtsman, most noted for his early work in the Finnish national romanticism and jugend styles.

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Market square

A market square (also known as a market place) is a square meant for trading, in which a market is held.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Museum

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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Nyland Brigade

The Nyland Brigade, officially Nylands brigad (NylBr) in Swedish, Uudenmaan prikaati (UudPr), is a brigade-level marine-type unit of the Finnish Navy stationed in Dragsvik in Raseborg in the province of Uusimaa.

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Porvoo

Porvoo (Borgå; Borgoa) is a city in Finland.

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Porvoo Cathedral

Porvoo Cathedral (Porvoon tuomiokirkko; Borgå domkyrka) is a cathedral of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in Porvoo, Finland. Porvoo Town Hall and Porvoo Cathedral are buildings and structures in Porvoo.

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Porvoo Museum

Porvoo Museum (Finnish: Porvoon museo, Swedish: Borgå museum) is a history museum established in 1897 in Porvoo, Finland.

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Rauma Old Town Hall

Rauma Old Town Hall is a building located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Rauma in Rauma, Finland. Porvoo Town Hall and Rauma Old Town Hall are Baroque architecture in Finland, city and town halls in Finland and Finnish building and structure stubs.

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Saara Hopea

Saara Elisabet Hopea-Untracht (1925 –1982) was a Finnish designer whose work included glassware and jewellery.

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Suomen kansallisbiografia

Suomen kansallisbiografia (The National Biography of Finland) is a collection of more than 6,000 biographies of individuals and families who have made important contributions to the development of Finnish society.

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Tartu Town Hall

Tartu Town Hall (Tartu raekoda) is the seat of the city government of Tartu, Estonia.

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Town hall

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal building (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.

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Ville Vallgren

Carl Wilhelm "Ville" Vallgren (15 December 1855 – 13 October 1940) was a Finnish sculptor.

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See also

Baroque architecture in Finland

Buildings and structures completed in 1764

Buildings and structures in Porvoo

City and town halls in Finland

Museums in Finland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porvoo_Town_Hall

Also known as Borgå rådhus, Porvoo Old Town Hall, Porvoo Rathaus, Porvoon raatihuone.