HŠmeenlinna, Finlandâs oldest inland town, was founded by Finlandâs governor general Count Peter Brahe in 1639. However, HŠmeenlinna was already a trading place hundreds of years before it became a town. Construction of the medieval castle started in the 13th century. The castle is the symbol of the town and a landmark in the history of buildings. History comes alive in the town centre, which has a church from the 18th century and buildings from various periods in the 19th and 20th centuries
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