Maaria
Maaria is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construction of a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: former municipality of Finland, now part of Turku
- Also known as: “Räntämäki” and “S:t Marie”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Liên Tâm Monastery and Maarian allas.
Liên Tâm Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Lax, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liên Tâm Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Moisio, Turku. It is the first Buddhist monastery inaugurated in Finland. The monastery is administered by the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Finland.
Maarian allas
Reservoir
Photo: Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maarian allas is a reservoir, which is situated 3 km south of Maaria.
Myllyoja bridge
Bridge
Photo: Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Myllyoja bridge is situated 2½ km south of Maaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jäkärlä and Yli-Maaria.
Jäkärlä
Suburb
Jäkärlä is a district in the Maaria-Paattinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city, and is a very sparsely populated area.
Yli-Maaria
Suburb
Yli-Maaria is a district in the Maaria-Paattinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city, and is a very sparsely populated area.
Paimala
Neighborhood
Photo: Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paimala is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km south of Maaria.
Maaria
- Categories: former municipality of Finland, municipality of Finland, and locality
- Location: Turku, Turku, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.5416° or 60° 32′ 30″ northLongitude
22.33891° or 22° 20′ 20″ eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
9GG4G8RQ+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 346188125OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Ukrainian—“Maaria” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Maaria”
- Danish: “Sːt Marie”
- Dutch: “Maaria”
- Finnish: “Maaria”
- Finnish: “Räntämäki”
- Finnish: “Sːt Marie”
- Finnish: “Sankt Marie”
- French: “Maaria”
- German: “Maaria”
- German: “Sːt Marie”
- Irish: “Maaria”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maaria”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sːt Marie”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sːt Marie”
- Norwegian: “Sankt Marie”
- Russian: “Маариа”
- Swedish: “Maaria”
- Swedish: “Räntämäki”
- Swedish: “S:t Marie socken”
- Swedish: “S:t Marie”
- Ukrainian: “Мааріа”
- “Maaria”
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