Kuusisto
| Kuusisto | ||
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| Waters | Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ N , 22 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 19 km² | |
Kuusisto [ ˈkuːsistɔ ] ( Swedish. Kustö ) is an island in the archipelago off the southwest coast of Finland . It is upstream of the city of Kaarina and has an area of 19 km². The narrow sound between the island and the mainland is spanned by a bridge, and Kuusisto is also connected by a bridge to the island of Kirjalaön belonging to Pargas . Until 1946 Kuusisto was an independent municipality , today the island belongs to Kaarina.
In the Middle Ages, the castle of the bishops of Turku was located on Kuusisto . After the introduction of the Reformation , it was demolished in 1528 on the orders of King Gustav I. Wasa . Today it is only a ruin. The wooden church of Kuusisto is a simple single-nave building from 1792, the free-standing church tower is from the previous building and was built in 1763. The churchyard is surrounded by a quarry stone wall that is about as old.
Web links
- Kuusisto Castle on Burgenwelt.org (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kauko Huotari: Suomen suurimmat saaret ( Memento from August 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kuusiston kirkko ympäristöineen - Finnish monument register in 1993