Raatihuone


Pori's neoclassical Old Town Hall was designed by CL Engel in 1831 and completed a decade later. The restaurant Raatihuoneen Kellari is housed in the cellar in the former city jail. The statue out the front is King Johan III of Sweden, the founder of Pori.


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