Old Rauma

Old Rauma is the wooden of the town of . It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 because of its unique wooden architecture and its well-preserved medieval town layout.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: old town of the city of Rauma, Finland
  • Also known as: Vanha-Rauma

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Holy Cross and Äijänsuo stadium.

Church
The is a medieval fieldstone church in . It is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Rauma. The church stands by the small stream of Raumanjoki.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rauma and Lapijoki.

or Raumo is a town in . The wooden houses in the centre of the old town are a UNESCO World Heritage site, as is the Bronze Age burial site Sammallahdenmäki about 20 km east of the centre.

Village
is a village, which is situated 9 km northeast of Old Rauma.

Old Rauma

Latitude
61.12804° or 61° 7′ 41″ north
Longitude
21.51321° or 21° 30′ 48″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
9GH34GH7+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 128246364
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6696911
Wiki­data ID
Q828417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Old Rauma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: راوما القديمة
  • Azerbaijani: Qədim Rauma
  • Basque: Antzinako Rauma
  • Catalan: Antiga Rauma
  • Chinese: 劳马古城
  • Chinese: 古劳马
  • Czech: Stará Rauma
  • Czech: Staré město Rauma
  • Dutch: Oud Rauma
  • Esperanto: Gamla Raumo
  • Esperanto: Malnova Raŭmo
  • Esperanto: Vanha Rauma
  • Finnish: Rauman keskusta
  • Finnish: Vanha Rauma
  • French: ancienne Rauma
  • French: Ancienne Rauma
  • Galician: Rauma antiga
  • Georgian: ძველი რაუმა
  • German: Alte Stadt Rauma
  • German: Altstadt von Rauma
  • Greek: Παλαιά Ραούμα
  • Greek: Παλαιά Ράουμα
  • Hebrew: ראומה העתיקה
  • Hungarian: Rauma óvárosa
  • Italian: Vecchia Rauma
  • Japanese: ラウマ旧市街
  • Latvian: Vecā Rauma
  • Lithuanian: Raumos senamiestis
  • Macedonian: Стара Раума
  • Maltese: Ċentru Storiku ta‘ Rauma
  • Maltese: Ċentru Storiku ta’ Rauma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gamle Raumo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gamle Raumo
  • Norwegian: Gamle Raumo
  • Persian: راوما قدیمی
  • Portuguese: Rauma Antiga
  • Romanian: Vechea Rauma
  • Russian: Старая Раума
  • Serbo-Croatian: Stara Rauma
  • Slovak: Stará Rauma
  • Slovenian: Staro mestno jedro Raume
  • Spanish: Antigua Rauma
  • Swedish: Gamla Raumo
  • Turkish: Eski Rauma
  • Ukrainian: Стара Раума
  • Vietnamese: Khu thành cổ Rauma
  • Vietnamese: Thành phố Rauma cổ

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