Kuusisto Castle

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Kuusisto Castle
Kuusiston piispanlinna Kustö biskopsborg
Kuusisto Castle ruins seen from above.
General information
Type	Medieval castle
Location	Kaarina, Finland
Address	Linnanrauniontie 633 FI-21620 Kaarina Finland
Coordinates	60°24′28″N 22°28′29″E / 60.40778°N 22.47472°E / 60.40778; 22.47472

Kuusisto Castle (Finnish: Kuusiston piispanlinna, Swedish: Kustö biskopsborg) was a medieval episcopal castle on the island of Kuusisto in Kaarina, Finland, near Turku. The castle was probably built in the early 14th century^{[citation needed]}, although the site seems to have been a bishop's residence by the 1290s.^{[citation needed]}

The castle was ordered to be demolished during the Protestant Reformation in 1528 by the king Gustav I of Sweden. Excavation and reconstruction work on the remaining ruins began in 1891.

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  Structures of Kuusisto Castle during the excavation in 1894
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  Kuusisto Castle ruins today
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  A room in ruins
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  View over the inner yard
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  Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

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