Kajaani Castle
Ruins · Finland
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1604
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 64.229, 27.733
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: It was the last medieval-style stone castle constructed in Sweden.
History
The Kajaani Castle is a ruined fortress built of granite in Kajaani. The castle was built in the early 17th century on an islet in the river Kajaaninjoki, between the Ämmäkoski and Koivukoski rapids in Kainuu, present-day Finland. It was the last medieval-style stone castle constructed in Sweden.