Some Views of Porvoo Old Town, Finland

My Childhood Town

Veijo Vilva

 

Note: All shots hand-held

9132. Porvoo River with Fortress Hill in the left background


9130. The Cathedral on the left is under a protective cover as the roof is being rebuilt after an arson fire. The pink tower on the right belongs to the Old Town Hall.


9140. A courtyard at the riverside.
My grandma used to live in the yellow house in the Fifties.


9149. View from the Old Bridge, the Old Town Hall on the left.


9151. Tourists on the Old Bridge, the covered Cathedral rises above the Old Town.
"King's Road", the old main road across Southern Finland from Turku to Vyborg goes up the hill.


9152. A typical alley in the Old Town


9155. Fortress Hill.


9156. The bay at Fortress Hill


9163. A view from Fortress Hill


9166. One of the two concentric moats on Fortress Hill


9167. The Old Gymnasium on the left, the Bishop's House on the right


9168. The alley alongside the fence of the Bishop's House


9170. The main street from the Cathedral down to the new section of the town


9171. A street corner in the Old Town


9172. The street to the right from the corner, towards the Cathedral


9175. An alley down to the Old Town Hall


9175 crop. At the Old Town Hall

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