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Explore Turku in 1500

AI rebuilds Åbo (Turku) street by street, and you explore through it in your browser.

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City reconstruction

Medieval Åbo, 1500

Åbo in 1500 is the small but vital episcopal and mercantile town at the mouth of the Aura, with bishop and castle facing one another across the river. This walk follows the river from the seaward approach, along the timber quays and crooked lanes, past the cathedral hill, the Dominican convent and the Great Market, finishing at the castle keep above the archipelago.

25 scenes, 16 streets, squares and views, 9 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Turku as it stood in 1500 (“History of Turku”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Archipelago Approach
  2. 2. Castle Quay
  3. ↳ Castle Great Hall · interior
  4. 3. Crown's Quay
  5. ↳ Riverside Warehouse · interior
  6. 4. Penny Bridge (Pennisilta)
  7. 5. Stortorget and Rådhuset
  8. ↳ Town Hall Great Chamber · interior
  9. 6. Fish Quay
  10. 7. Cabbage Yards and Lanes
  11. 8. St Olaf's Dominican Convent
  12. ↳ Convent Refectory · interior
  13. 9. Tuomiokirkko Hill
  14. ↳ Brick-vaulted Nave · interior
  15. 10. Bishops' Hill and Tombs
  16. ↳ Bishops' Crypt and Tombs · interior
  17. 11. Merchant Quarter
  18. ↳ Merchant's Stone Cellar · interior
  19. 12. Riverside Bathhouse
  20. ↳ Bathhouse Washing Hall · interior
  21. 13. Aninkaistenmäki
  22. 14. Kerttulinmäki Lanes
  23. 15. Kupittaa Road
  24. 16. Keep Tower View
  25. ↳ Keep's Upper Chamber · interior