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Rauma Old Town Hall is a building located in the
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Old Rauma Old Rauma (, ) is the wooden centre of the town of Rauma, Finland. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 because of its unique wooden architecture and its well-preserved medieval town layout. It is one of the only medieval tow ...
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Rauma, Finland Rauma (; ) is a town in Finland, on the western coast of the country. Rauma is in the Satakunta region, by the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Rauma is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most p ...
. The
town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...
was built in 1776 by the design of German architect Christian Friedrich Schröder. It represents late
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, although the basic structure of two stories and a clock tower is common in the Medieval towns of
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.Old Town Hall
Rauma Museum. Retrieved 22 December 2013. As the new town hall was completed in 1910, Old Town Hall has been the home of
Rauma Museum Rauma may refer to: Places * Rauma, Finland, a town and municipality in the Satakunta region of western Finland * Rauma Municipality, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Rauma (river), a river in the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Ro ...
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Porvoo Porvoo (; ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland. Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Porvoo is approximately , while the Porvoo sub-region, sub-re ...
and Rauma are the only preserved 18th century town halls in Finland.


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Porvoo Old Town Hall The Porvoo Town Hall (or the Porvoo Rathaus; ; ) is a former town hall and current museum in Porvoo, Finland. It is located in the old town of Porvoo, in the immediate vicinity of the market square. Porvoo Town Hall is the oldest town hall buildi ...
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Tartu Town Hall Tartu Town Hall () is the seat of the city government of Tartu, Estonia. It is located on Town hall square, in the city centre. History and architecture The history of the town hall pre-dates the current town hall, as the present building is t ...


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Old Rauma World Heritage Site
City and town halls in Finland World Heritage Sites in Finland Buildings and structures in Rauma, Finland Government buildings completed in 1776 Baroque architecture in Finland {{Finland-struct-stub