Kuusisto Castle
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The castle was ordered to be demolished during the Protestant Reformation in 1528 by the king Gustav I of Sweden. Excavation and reconstruction work on the remaining ruins began in 1891.
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Structures of Kuusisto Castle during the excavation in 1894
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Kuusisto Castle ruins today
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A room in ruins
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View over the inner yard
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Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.
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