The Herttoniemi manor is located very close to our home. We visited it on a very warm August weekend.
1 Visiting the Herttoniemi Manor and its gardens
2 It was a very warm day; Tuomas, Antti and Elsa taking a break from all the walking and eating some snacks.
3 The "new" main building, built in the 1700s
4 Inside the main building. The manor was once owned by Carl-Olof Cronstedt, who was the commander of the Suomenlinna fortress in front of Helsinki when it was surrendered to Russia in 1808.
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6 Another owner of the mansion was count Augustin Ehrensvärd, whose life's work was building the Suomenlinna fortress. This room had furniture and art work from the time of Ehrensvärd's ownership.
7 Elsa looking at the gardens from the 2nd floor balcony
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11 Going downstairs and out in to the gardens for a tour
