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CITY IN BLUE
CITY IN BLUE
Blue and blueish grey used to be popular colours in the Gustavian period in the 18th century but since then they have not been used that often. Piccola Cantina Café in the centre of the poster is situated by the river Aura close to the Theatre Bridge. These days the cafe is part of the Sergio´s Restaurant in the wooden house next to it. The beautiful blue building with its roof windows was originally influenced by central European architecture and is familiar to all who have been strolling on the Aura riverbanks. This narrow stone building was originally built in 1790, but at that time it had only one floor just like all the other neighbouring houses. However, its original colour is not known. In the 1800s the building was used as a bookstore, a post office and a workshop. In 1912 the blue building was totally renovated and two additional storeys were added to it. After the renovation it was occupied by a milk shop for a while and then by other shops. The building was used for housing and gallery purposes for decades until it was finally occupied by a small art gallery.
The colour blue in the old buildings in the centre of Turku is surprisingly rare. In the middle of the top row there is one of the most famous blue buildings in central Turku, Aurakatu 3. It was constructed in decorative neo-Renaissance style in 1884 and it was the first three-storey apartment building inTurku, built by bookseller A.W. Edgren. Originally only the middle part of the building was three storeys high, but in 1907 the rest was rebuilt to the same height. The Classic-style house of Petrelius with its beautiful wreath decorations is at the bottom left-hand corner of the poster. It is located at Läntinen Rantakatu 3 and dates back to the 1800s. The somewhat rundown house was renovated in 2011 to its original glory.
The colours blue and bluish grey were used to some extent in the 1800s when old architecture styles were copied in design. For a long time blue has been a more popular colour in the wooden houses than in the apartment buildings in the centre. The wooden houses pictured in the poster are located in the area of Martti and Port Arthur. Blue detached houses, both old and new, can be found all over Turku housing areas. City of Turku, Finland, 800 years in 2029.
MUISTA, ETTÄ VOIT LAITTAA POSTITUSOSOITTEEKSI MYÖS LAHJAN SAAJAN.
Tuotteitamme myydään myös Kaivokatu 16 A kivijalkamyymälässä, joka on auki silloin, kun samassa tilassa sijaitseva Kampaamo Flame on auki, katso kampaamon kotisivuilta.
