Kuusisto Castle

Kuusisto Castle (Finnish: Kuusiston piispanlinna, Swedish: Kustö biskopsborg) was a medieval episcopal castle on an island of Kuusisto in Kaarina, Finland, near Turku. The castle was probably built in the early 14th century, although the site seems to have been a bishop's residence by the 1290s.

The castle was ordered to be demolished during the Protestant Reformation in 1528 by the king Gustav I of Sweden. Excavation and reconstruction work on the remaining ruins began in 1891.

Structures of Kuusisto Castle during the excavation in 1894
Kuusisto Castle ruins today
A room in ruins

References

Information on the castle by the National Board of Antiquities of Finland.

External links

Media related to Kuusisto Castle at Wikimedia Commons

Finnish castles, fortresses and fortifications

Middle Ages

Major	Turku Castle Vyborg Castle Häme Castle Olavinlinna

Other	Kajaani Castle Kastelholm Castle Korsholma Castle Kexholm Castle Kuusisto Castle Oulu Castle Raseborg Castle Vyborg City Walls

18th and 19th-century
fortifications

Hamina Fortress
Lappeenranta Fortress
Suomenlinna Fortress
Svartholm Fortress
Lovisa Fortress
Hanko Fortress
Saint Anna's Crown Fortress
Taavetti Fortress
Svensksund Naval Fortress
Kyminlinna Fortress
Kärnäkoski Fortress
Järvitaipale Fortress
Utti Fortress
Liikkala Fortress
Bomarsund Fortress

20th-century fortresses

Castles, fortresses and fortifications located outside modern-day Finnish borders shown in italics.

Coordinates: 60°24′28″N 022°28′29″E / 60.40778°N 22.47472°E / 60.40778; 22.47472