Great Oulu Fire of 1652

A map of Oulu by Claes Claesson from 1651

The Great Oulu Fire of 1652 was a conflagration that destroyed the majority of the young city of Oulu, Finland on 2 October. Almost all of the houses of the town’s bourgeoisie, the provision warehouses in which the Crown’s grain and money was stored and the drawbridge of Oulu Castle.[1]

The city was rebuilt after the fire according to the city plan drawn up by surveyor Claes Claesson in 1651. The new city plan doubled the surface-area of the town. At the same time, the streets and city blocks were laid out in a more regular fashion. The shoreline of the Oulu River was turned into a marketplace that had its own measuring house, a weigh house and of course, a packhouse.[1]

See also

Great Oulu Fire (disambiguation)

References

  1. 1 2 Virkkunen, A.H. (1953). Oulun kaupungin historia I [The History of the City of Oulu I] (in Finnish). Kirjola Oy. pp. 128–130.

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