Paimio
Paimio is a town in Finland Proper, with the former sanatorium planned by Alvar Aalto, part of the Aalto Works UNESCO World Heritage Site.Places of Interest
Highlights include Paimio Sanatorium and Paimio railway station.
Paimio Sanatorium
Hospital building
Photo: Marit Henriksson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paimio Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Southwest Finland, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Aalto received the design commission having won the architectural competition for the project held in 1929.
Paimio
- Type: Locality with 11,000 residents
- Also known as: “577”
- Location: Turku, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.4577° or 60° 27′ 28″ northLongitude
22.6896° or 22° 41′ 23″ eastPopulation
11,000Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
9GG4FM5Q+3VGeoNames ID
643154
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Paimio” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Paimio”
- Finnish: “Paimion Kaupunki”
- Swedish: “Pemar Stad”
- Swedish: “Pemar”
- Swedish: “Pemars Stad”
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