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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Skata in Pietarsaari




1-SKATA
2- Old Town of Pietarsaari. Quarter north of city centre
3-Built in XVIII and XIX century to host sailors and later workers.
4- Several orthogonal streets with some 300 wooden houses most painted in yellow, blue or red. They have beautiful windows frames and are well kept.
5-The houses are still inhabited. It has residential function.
6-It is very uncommon in other latitudes, like the Mediterranean countries, to find this wooden houses forming a quarter.
7- To stroll in Skata streets, admiring the old houses, gives a peaceful atmosphere and it seems time has stopped as a frozen image. 

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