Kastelholm castle description and photos - Finland: Aland Islands (Topic)

Kastelholm Castle description and photos - Finland: Aland Islands. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Kastelholm.

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Kastelholm Castle was first mentioned in chronicles in 1388 as the `` House of Kastelholm ''. The exact date of the foundation of the castle, however, is unknown. From the end of the 15th century, the castle was the administrative center of the archipelago and played an important strategic role, as well as the hunting castle of the Swedish queen.

In its current appearance, the castle is a complex architectural complex, built and expanded in the period from the end of the 14th to the middle of the 17th centuries. In 1745, a devastating fire broke out in the castle. Only in the 20th century it was restored and opened to the public.

Two museums are open near the castle. One is the Vita-Bjorn State Prison Museum, housed in an old prison building. Second - Jan Karlsgarden Open Air Museum, where you can see more than twenty traditional Aland houses and mills of the 19th century. At the old inn, visitors are treated to national dishes.

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