Diet of Porvoo 1809 - Old Town Hall - Porvoo, Finland
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Sign on the wall of Old Town hall - one of the important locations of the Diet of Porvoo.
Waymark Code: WM8RDW
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 05/07/2010
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Sign says:
English -
"Diet of Porvoo 1809
Meeting rooms for nobility och burghers"
Swedish -
"Borgå Lantdag 1809
Sessionrum för ridderskapet och adeln samt borgareståndet"
Finnish -
"Porvoon Valtiopäivät 1809
Ritariston ja aatelin sekä porvarissäädyn kokoushuoneet."
Porvoo Old Town Hall is the second town hall preserved in original form from the the 1700s in Finland. The other is located in Rauma, Finland.
Noble and burghers gathered in Town hall. President of the nobility was a baron Robert Wilhelm De Geer. Big hall on the second floor were the office of 75 noble representative.
Burghers met in the small room in the Town halls second floor. Burghers had 20 members and president was the merchant Kristian Trapp from Turku.
Today, Old Town Hall is located in Porvoo Museum Museum of History.
Group that erected the marker: City of Porvoo
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Vanha raatihuoneentori
Porvoo, Finland
06100
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