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Porvoo was one of the six medieval towns of Finland, along with Turku, Ulvila, Rauma, Naantali and Vyborg, and is first mentioned as a city in texts from the 14th century. Porvoo is the seat of the Swedish-speaking Diocese of Borgå of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Porvoo briefly served as the capital of the former Eastern Uusimaa ...
Porvoo Cathedral (Finnish: Porvoon tuomiokirkko; Swedish: Borgå domkyrka) is a cathedral of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in Porvoo, Finland. It was built in the 15th century, although the oldest parts date from the 13th century. [ 1 ]
The Porvoo Communion is a communion of 15 predominantly northern European Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches, with a couple of far-southwestern European ...
Porvoo Museum (Finnish: Porvoon museo, Swedish: Borgå museum) is a history museum established in 1897 in Porvoo, Finland. The museum is the regional responsibility museum of Eastern Uusimaa. Porvoo Museum operates in the old Porvoo Town Hall, completed in 1764. The museum is owned by its own association, whereas typically regional ...
Pages in category "Porvoo" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Porvoo Town Hall is the oldest town hall building in Finland, as the first written mention of the older Porvoo Town Hall dates back to 1545. [1] The main contractor of the current town hall was Gabriel Hagert (1706–1774), the Mayor of Porvoo, who received financial support from the parliament and the Nyland Brigade for construction work. [2]
The Porvoo Diet is opened by Alexander I The throne that Alexander I sat on at the Diet of Porvoo is now on display at the National Museum of Finland.. The Diet of Porvoo (Finnish: Porvoon maapäivät, or unhistorically Porvoon valtiopäivät; [a] Swedish: Borgå lantdag; [b] Russian: Боргоский сейм), was the summoned legislative assembly to establish the Grand Duchy of Finland in ...
The central event at Porvoo was the taking of the sovereign pledge and the oaths of the Estates in Porvoo Cathedral on 29 March. Each of the Estates swore an oath of allegiance, committing themselves to accepting the Emperor as Grand Duke of Finland, and to keeping the constitution and the form of government unchanged. Alexander I subsequently ...