Oulu Castle ( Swedish : Uleåborgs slott , Finnish : Oulun linna ) was a late defense castle in Oulu , Finland . It was built on an island in the delta of Oulu River in 1590. The castle was mostly made of wood and earth walls. There probably was an earlier medieval castle on the same site latest by 1375. The Russian Sophia Chronicle has recorded that men from Novgorod tried to conquer a new castle in the Oulu River delta in 1377 but were unsuccessful.
6-470: The present-day ruins on the Linnansaari island remain from an even later castle, which was built in 1605 by order of King Charles IX . The king's power of attorney of April 8, 1605, first orders the construction of Kajaani Castle and then orders the rebuilding of Oulu Castle. According to the order, the old wooden structures had to be demolished and a rampart with fire shelters had to be built around
12-592: Is a neighbourhood in the Tuira area in the city of Oulu , Finland . The neighbourhood is located in the estuary of the river Oulujoki . The Tuira Bridges in Koskikeskus connect the city centre and Tuira neighbourhoods. The first bridges through the delta were built in late 1860s. Koskikeskus is built on the site of the former Merikoski rapids, which were lost when the Merikoski hydroelectric power station
18-813: Is used as a café. Most of the Raatinsaari island is taken by the Raatti Sports Centre, which includes the Raatti Stadium , a practice field and the Raatti indoor swimming pool. The Qstock rock festival has been held in the Kuusisaari island from 2003. In recent years the festival area has expanded to include a part of the Raatinsaari island too. 65°01′14″N 25°28′00″E / 65.02056°N 25.46667°E / 65.02056; 25.46667 This Finland location article
24-679: The Oulu School of Sea Captains built their observatory on the site. The building was designed by architect Wolmar Westling. The building has been a cafeteria since 1912 with a small exhibition on the castle history. 65°01′02″N 025°28′02″E / 65.01722°N 25.46722°E / 65.01722; 25.46722 This article about a castle in Finland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Koskikeskus Koskikeskus (literally Rapids Center in Finnish)
30-488: The island. The castle was badly damaged in 1715, when Russian forces burned it during the Great Northern War . Final destruction of the castle took place on July 31, 1793, at 10:45 p.m., when lightning set the other one of the powder magazines on fire; as a result, the powder cellar exploded and destroyed the building almost completely. Wooden constructions on the remaining powder magazine date from 1875 when
36-532: Was built in the 1940s. The neighbourhood is made up of several islands of which only the artificial island of Toivoniemi is permanently inhabited. Other notable islands in the neighbourhood are Linnansaari, Raatinsaari and Kuusisaari. The ruins of the Oulu Castle are located on the Linnansaari island. The former Oulu Marine School's observatory has been built on the ruins in 1875. Nowadays the observatory
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