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Rauma Old Town Hall is a building located in the
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Old Rauma Old Rauma ( fi, Vanha Rauma, sv, Gamla Raumo) is the wooden centre of the town of Rauma, Finland. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 because of its unique wooden architecture and its well-preserved medieval town layout. It ...
in
Rauma, Finland Rauma (; sv, Raumo) is a town and municipality of around () inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Its neighbouring municipalities are Eura, Eurajoki, Laitila and Pyhäranta. Granted town privileges on 17 ...
. The
town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
was built in 1776 by the design of German architect
Christian Friedrich Schröder Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
. It represents late
Baroque style The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
, although the basic structure of two stories and a clock tower is common in the Medieval towns of
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.Old Town Hall
Rauma Museum. Retrieved 22 December 2013. As the new town hall was completed in 1910, Old Town Hall has been the home of
Rauma Museum Rauma may refer to: Places * Rauma, Finland, a town and municipality in the Satakunta region of western Finland * Rauma, Norway, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Rauma (river), a river in the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Roms ...
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Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...
and Rauma are the only preserved 18th century town halls in Finland.


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Porvoo Old Town Hall The Porvoo Town Hall (or the Porvoo Rathaus; fi, Porvoon raatihuone; sv, Borgå rådhus) is a former town hall and current museum in Porvoo, Finland. It is located in the old town of Porvoo, in the immediate vicinity of the market square. Por ...
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Tartu Town Hall Tartu Town Hall ( et, Tartu raekoda) is the seat of the city government of Tartu, Estonia. It is located on Town hall square, in the city centre. History and architecture The history of the town hall pre-dates the current town hall, as the pre ...


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Old Rauma World Heritage Site
City and town halls in Finland World Heritage Sites in Finland Buildings and structures in Rauma, Finland Government buildings completed in 1776 Baroque architecture in Finland {{Finland-struct-stub