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yellow war museum building

War Museum

Pohjankyröntie 124, 61500 Isokyrö The Isonkyrö War Museum contains a review from 1596-1945 of the war phases that have joined the fates of women and men in our homeland. The War Museum was founded in 1997. Until 2016, it was founded and maintained by the community’s national defense associations and women’s sections. Today, the Museum Committee of the War Museum…

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Monument to the Battle of Napue

Monument to the Battle of Napue

Pohjankyröntie 28, 61500 Isokyrö The last field battle of the Great Northern War took place in Napue. In the battle, the Swedish-Finnish Caroline forces led by General Armfelt faced a twice-strong Russian army led by Prince Galitz. About 3,000 Finns, about 1,000 defenders of their homeland brought from the vicinity, and about 1,500 Russians, were killed in the battle.

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