Posankka
Posankka is a statue located in Turku, Finland. The statue, which is located near the campus area of the University of Turku and the Turku Student Village, represents a hybrid between a marzipan pig and a rubber duck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jaakko.kulta, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture in Turku, Finland
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turku school of economics and Turku Cathedral.
Turku school of economics
University
Photo: Teekkari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Turku School of Economics is a unit of the University of Turku located in Turku, Finland. It was established as an independent higher education business school in 1950, until it was acquired by the state in 1977. Turku school of economics is situated 440 metres south of Posankka.
Turku Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ottojula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Turku Cathedral is the only medieval basilica in Finland and the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland, Tapio Luoma. Turku Cathedral is situated 1 km southwest of Posankka.
St. Catherine’s Church, Turku
Church
Photo: Samulili, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Catherine's Church is located in Nummi, a suburb of Turku, Finland, in the same district as Turku Student Village. It represents the old medieval stone church building tradition. St. Catherine’s Church, Turku is situated 460 metres northeast of Posankka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University Hill and Turun ylioppilastalot.
Turku Student Village
Suburb
Photo: Olimar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turku Student Village is the largest single student housing complex in Finland. It houses nearly 3,500 residents in 95 three-storied tenements. The Student Village is located in the district of Nummi near the city centre of Turku.
Posankka
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Turku, Turku, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.45859° or 60° 27′ 31″ northLongitude
22.28957° or 22° 17′ 23″ eastOpen location code
9GG4F75Q+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 440199611OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q2578422
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Posankka” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Խոզաբադ”
- Finnish: “Posankka”
- French: “Posankka”
- Japanese: “Posankka”
- Japanese: “ポサンッカ”
- Russian: “Свиноутка”
- Russian: “Уткосвин”
- Swedish: “Posankka”
- Uzbek: “Oʻrdaksimon choʻchqa”
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Highlights include Kaarinan VPK and Assistentinaukio.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Posankka”. Photo: Jaakko.kulta, CC BY 4.0.