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Qwensel House | |
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Qwenselin talo/Qwenselska huset | |
General information | |
Location | Turku, Finland |
Address | Läntinen Rantakatu 13 |
Coordinates | 60°26′55″N 22°16′4″E / 60.44861°N 22.26778°E |
Completed | ca. 1700 |
The Qwensel House is the oldest wooden house in Turku, Finland. It is bourgeois housing from the autarchic times that has survived in its entirety. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 in an area that was reserved for the nobility in the city plan made up by Per Brahe the Younger in 1652. Today, the Qwensel House operates as the Turku Pharmacy Museum and café.