Auransilta

Auransilta is a bridge in Turku, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper. Auransilta is situated nearby to the town hall Turku City Hall, as well as near the arts center Galleria Titanik.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Turku City Hall and Qwensel House.

Turku City Hall

Town hall

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Turku City Hall is a Neo-Renaissance building on the bank of the Aura River in Turku, Finland. The City Council of Turku convenes there. The mayor worked in an Art Nouveau building near the City Hall, the Turku City Office, until 2011.

Qwensel House

Museum

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The Qwensel House is the oldest wooden house in Turku, Finland. It is bourgeois housing from the autarchic times that has survived in its entirety. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 in an area that was reserved for the nobility in the city plan made up by Per Brahe the Younger in 1652. Qwensel House is situated 110 metres west of Auransilta.

Pharmacy museum

Museum

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Pharmacy museum is situated 100 metres west of Auransilta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City Centre and Samppalinnan vuori.

City Centre

Suburb

The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards and into 87 non-governmental districts. These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, sectors of the central business district are identified by Roman numerals.