Turku Cemetery

Turku Cemetery (Finnish: Turun hautausmaa, Swedish: Åbo begravningsplats) is a cemetery inaugurated in 1807 and located in Vasaramäki on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Turku.

The drawings of the cemetery has been prepared by the architect Charles Bassi. In the cemetery there are two chapels complexes. The Resurrection Chapel or Ylösnousemuskappeli/Uppståndelsekapellet was completed in 1941 by architect Erik Bryggman. The Helga Korsets chapel and crematorium is inaugurated in 1967 by architect Pekka Pitkänen.[1]

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Coordinates: 60°26′0″N 022°18′30″E / 60.43333°N 22.30833°E / 60.43333; 22.30833

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