Old Rauma

World Heritage

Finland

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Rauma, located on the Gulf of Bothnia, is one of Finland's oldest ports. Rauma was built around a Franciscan monastery, where the mid-15th-century Church of the Holy Cross still stands today, an outstanding example of a Nordic timber-framed ancient town. Although it was destroyed by fire in the late 17th century, it still retains its ancient vernacular architectural heritage.

# port

# Gulf of Bothnia

# Finland

# Franciscan Monastery

# Holy Cross Church

# Wooden ancient city