World Heritage in Finland

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World Heritage Sites in Finland (S = Struve Arch )

The world heritage in Finland includes (as of 2017) seven UNESCO world heritage sites , including six world cultural heritage sites and one world natural heritage site. Finland ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1987, and the first two World Heritage sites were added to the World Heritage List in 1991. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2006.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Finland in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Old town of Rauma ( location )	1991	K	582	Located directly on the Gulf of Bothnia , Rauma is an outstanding example of an old, wooden, Nordic city. Despite being devastated by fire in the late 17th century, it has preserved its architectural heritage.
(more pictures)	Suomenlinna Fortress ( location )	1991	K	583	Suomenlinna is an 18th century fortress that is located on several interconnected islands in front of the Finnish capital Helsinki. The fortress, which is around 80 hectares in size, includes around 200 buildings and 105 cannons. The total length of the walls and bastions is 6 km.
(more pictures)	Petäjävesi Old Church ( Lage )	1994	K	584	The Petäjävesi Old Church is built from 1763 to 1764 wooden church in the town of Petäjävesi . The architecture of the church combines elements of the Renaissance with older Gothic influences and the formal language of Finnish wooden architecture.
	Verla's historic cardboard factory	1996	K	751	The Verla cardboard factory and the associated living area are an outstanding example of small rural industrial establishments for cardboard production in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
	Sammallahdenmäki cemetery with graves from the Bronze Age	1999	K	579	The Bronze Age tomb of Sammallahdenmäki comprises more than 30 granite burial mounds and offers a unique insight into the funeral rites as well as the social and religious structures of northern Europe more than three millennia ago.
	Struve arch	2005	K	1187	Includes 34 specially marked geodetic measuring points along the Struve Arch , including 6 in Finland and others in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine and Belarus.
	Archipelago - Kvarken Archipelago	2006	N	898	The Kvarken Archipelago , located on the Gulf of Bothnia , with its hilly coastal area provides a clear picture of the geological formations and the development of vegetation after the last Ice Age. The isostatic land elevation caused by the different melting of the ice is particularly easy to see here. Expansion of the Swedish Höga Kusten area, which was added to the World Heritage list in 2000

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

As of 2017, six sites are entered in the tentative list of Finland, the last entry was made in 2004. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Historical stone drawings on the island of Gaddtarmen (Hauensuoli)	1990	K	215
	The great Stone Age ruins of Kastelli near Pattijoki	1990	K	219	Remains of buildings from the Stone Age
(more pictures)	Astuvansalmi rock carvings near Ristiina	1990	K	220	The rock art at Astuvansalmi near Ristiina is an ensemble of prehistoric rock art . The paintings are located on a rock that looks like a human head when viewed from a certain direction. The rock probably served as a place of worship.
(more pictures)	Holy place of worship of the Sami of Ukonsaari near Inari ( Lage )	1990	K	221	Ukonsaari near Inari municipality is a sacred place of the Sámi . It is a rocky island with steep cliffs in the middle of Lake Inarijärvi . There is a sacrificial cave on the west side.
(more pictures)	Paimio Hospital (formerly Paimio Sanatorium) ( location )	2004	K	1864	The Paimio sanatorium was designed by the famous architect Alvar Aalto and completed in 1933. It functioned as a tuberculosis hospital until the 1960s ; today it is a pulmonary clinic. The functionalist building is considered to be one of the most important works of Aalto's early creative period. His design envisaged that the building itself should contribute to the healing of the patients.
	Saimaa-Pielinen lake system	2004	N	1865	The Saimaa-Pielinen lake system, named after the great lakes Saimaa and Pielinen , is a system of numerous interconnected lakes (or partial lakes) that cover an area of ​​around 4,370 square kilometers. Viewed as a whole, it forms the fourth largest lake in Europe.

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Prehistoric Iron Age remains of Rapola in Valkeakoski ( location )	1990-1996	K		Rapola is an Iron Age hill fort in the district Sääksmäki the city of Valkeakoski
	Medieval castle Olavinlinna in Savonlinna ( location )	1990-2006	K		Olavinlinna is a medieval castle in the city of Savonlinna . It is considered to be the best preserved medieval castle in Northern Europe.

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Finland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Finland on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Finland. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 28, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Finland. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed July 28, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Finland. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved July 28, 2017 (English). 

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