April 23: Southern Finland tour – Turku Cathedral
From Paimio, we continued a short distance to Turku, stopping first at the Cathedral, completed in 1300 and thus one of the few medieval buildings extant in Finland.
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Modernity on the outskirts of the city.
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The tower of the cathedral. I really enjoy the wacky variety of surface details here.
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Vault.
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Colorful chapel.
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A peek into the nave.
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Wish I remembered what this part is called.
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A pleasantly irregular wall.
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Slightly stained glass.
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There were many of these inset tombs (which I think also have a common name that I'm currently blanking on).
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In addition there were many and varied side chapels.
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Here's another one, with some rather dramatically lit statuary.
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The whole nave, looking back from the apse.
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One of the side aisles. The light conditions varied remarkably from place to place.
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A nicely designed register.
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The quite modern organ.
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This sculpture is pretty neat.
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Another inset tomb (in the floor, kept rotated).
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A jumpy crow outside.
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View back to the tower.
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The apse side, revealing some of the chapels.