May 22: Turun Linna

Why were we walking down the right bank of the Aurajoki? Why, to check up on Turun Linna, of course!

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There it is. Almost didn't spot it behind the foliage.

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The Iconic Aspect.

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We explored the museum wing of the Linna, which we had skipped in April. Here: delicious plaster(?) foodstuffs, just like in that Beatrix Potter story, which one was that.

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Don't even think about pondering the idea of considering trying to escape through this window.

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Coins/medallions from, it would appear, a wide span of time. I like modern, asymmetrical design in coins such as the large lower ones here.

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For some reason I really dig the composition of these coin displays — I find the tension between regularity and irregularity, and of implicit order with elements apparently missing, using discrete basic shapes as atoms, extremely compelling; this is something deep-rooted and long-present in my aesthetic sense.