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This is my last post from Turku.Whenever I find a beautiful church on the road, I always stop and visit it immediately.The church I visited this time was a very small church that you have to zoom in on the map to see.The name is St. Mary's Church, Turku. St Mary's ChurchAddress: Maunu Tavastinkatu 2, 20380 TurkuPhone: +358 40 341 7140Open: June-August daily, September-May by agreementOpen during..

The third place I visited was St. Michael's Church, Turku. It was ranked #15 on Tripadvisor. Michael's Church Address: Puistokatu 16, 20100 Turku Phone: +358 40 3417110 Open during wintertime 2023: Until June 4 and after August 7 Wed–Fri 11 am – 5 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am – 2 pm. The Sunday Service of Michael's Parish at 11 am (in Finnish) The western skyline of the city of Turku is dominated by Michae..

After visiting Turku Cathedral, I asked a local on the street if he could recommend a place to see in Turku. He thought for a while and recommended 'Saaronniemen uimaranta' to me. In hindsight, I can see why he thought long and hard. Turku, like other Finnish cities, is not a great tourist destination. As a Finn living in Finland, most of the places were no different from any other city. Anyway,..

Turku is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately 202,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 311,000. It is the 6th most populous municipality in Finland, and the third most populous urban area in the country after Hel..

This blog post is something I didn't think about at first and then added to as the blog as a whole grew. While touring the Palace of Versailles, I got to see something that I didn't get to see last time, but I don't have a record of exactly what it was, so I'm blogging about it here. I searched and confirmed that this was an exhibit about LOUIS XV. 'LOUIS XV Passions of a King' Born in 1710 in V..

THE LOUIS XIV ROOMS Located on the first floor of the North Wing of the Palace, the Louis XIV rooms once housed the courtiers' apartments and those of the royal princes and princesses. In 1833, when Louis-Philippe decided to convert the Palace of Versailles into a museum of French history, he dedicated these rooms to the Sun King's reign. The sovereign's life, from childhood to death, is illustr..

The Palace of Versailles is a must-see destination for travelers to Paris, France. (Reservations are absolutely essential). The Palace of Versailles (French: château de Versailles) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 19 kilometers (12 mi) west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, under th..

The Musée de l'Orangerie (English: Orangery Museum) is an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings located in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The museum is most famous as the permanent home of eight large Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet, and also contains works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Pic..

The Conciergerie (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sjɛʁʒəʁi]) (English: Lodge) is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which also included the Sainte-Chapelle. Two large medieval halls remain from the royal palace. During the French Revolution, 2,..

The Panthéon (French: [pɑ̃.te.ɔ̃], from the Classical Greek word πάνθειον, pántheion, '[temple] to all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. The edifice was built between 1758 and 1790, from designs by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, at th..