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Tjusterby Manor
Tjusterby Manor (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Tjusterby gård'', Finnish language, Finnish: ''Tyyskylän kartano'') is a manor house in Siuntio in the Finland, Finnish region of Uusimaa. The manor house is located in Siuntio Church Village by the prehistoric Skällberget hill fort. The former main building of Tjusterby Manor was destroyed in a fire on the 8th of May 2011. A new main building was constructed later the same year. Tjusterby Manor is owned privately. History and Architecture The Old Manor House The original main building of Tjusterby was destroyed in a fire in 1903. After the fire, a new main building, designed most likely by famed architect Carl Ludvig Engel, was moved from Helsinki to Siuntio. As previously mentioned, this 19th-century building was destroyed in a fire in 2011. The manor house was under restoration, and the fire started when paint was being removed inside the manor by using heat blowers. The building represented empire style. Its frame was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siuntio
Siuntio (; ) is a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Southern Finland. Its neighboring municipalities are Ingå to the west, Kirkkonummi to the east, Lohja to the north-west, and Vihti to the north. It is west of Helsinki. As of 2021, the population was with a population density of . The municipality covers an area of , of which is water. Siuntio is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. Previously, the majority of the population spoke Swedish until the 1980s. Siuntio's motto is ''"Ota rauhallisestiTa det lugnt"'', which means "take it easy" in Finnish and Swedish respectively. The municipality's rebranding program introduced the new motto along with a new logo in 2021. History Early history Siuntio has been inhabited since the Stone Age, with the oldest evidence of farming settlements discovered in the river valley around the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
