The following prose is from the Finnish Board of Antiquities:
The medieval Bishop’s Castle in Kuusisto was built by Piikkiönlahti Cove as a refuge for Finnish Catholic bishops. It served as their shelter until the reformation. The castle was built, repaired, extended, and it was in use for a couple of centuries. It is a unique building in Finland and was demolished under Gustav Vasa’s order in 1528.
The National Board of Antiquities has studied and renovated the castle for over a hundred years. The research work is ongoing.
Nearby, in the Kuusisto Manor are three exhibitions which tell about the events in Bishop’s Castle, the restoration of the ruins, the history of the colonel’s residence and Kuusisto’s rich countryside.
I’ve been in mind of the old Kuusisto Castle as I go about the business of trying to sell my house in Iowa City and by turns acquire a new one in Syracuse, NY. Yesterday, in a note to a friend I joked that I could actually just live in a yurt. But of course my wife Connie would likely not want to live in a yurt and I’m not sure about my dog–she’s an optimistic dog, but she might balk at a yurt.
I swear I saw a house in Syracuse that looked like the photo above.
S.K.
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