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The Royal Academy of Turku. The Royal Academy of Turku/Åbo (_la. Regia Academia Aboensis, _fi. Turun akatemia, _sv. Åbo Kungliga Akademi), was the name of the "University of Helsinki" until 1809, when it was renamed the "Imperial Academy of Turku". In 1828 the institution was moved from Turku after the Great Fire to Helsinki, in line with the ...
NOTES: The Old Academy building was built as part of the Royal Academy in Turku by the Swedish architect Carl Gjorwell, assisted by Carlo Bassi, in 1802-1815. It was damaged by the 1827 fire and was restored in 1830 by Engel. Latterly it became a court of appeal and part of it is used as such today and part used for ceremonial events by the university.
The Old Academy Building (Finnish: Akatemiatalo, Swedish: Akademihuset) is a neoclassical building, originally consecrated in 1817 for the Royal Academy of Turku in Turku, Finland. It is located in Cathedral Square next to Turku Cathedral. The building was designed by Swedish architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell.
Sep 11, 2019 · The academic career of Samuel Pryss might be used as an example of inbreeding at the Royal Academy of Turku. However, the situation is slightly different when looked at from the angle of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. At that time, it was natural, for example, for a new priest to marry the widow or daughter of the former priest.
The academic history of Turku extends all the way back to the 13th century, when people from Turku went to study in the universities of Central Europe. In 1640, the first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, was established by Christina, Queen of Sweden.
The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo (Swedish: Kungliga Akademin i Åbo or Åbo Kungliga Akademi; Latin: Regia Academia Aboensis; Finnish: Turun akatemia) was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of Sweden. It was founded in 1640. In 1809, after Finland became a Grand Duchy under the suzerainty of the Russian czar, it was renamed the Imperial Academy of Turku. In 1828, after the Great Fire of ...
Turku has a longer educational history than any other Finnish city – the first school in the city, the Cathedral School, was founded along with Turku Cathedral in the late 13th century. The first university in Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku (now University of Helsinki), was established in the city in 1640
