What is Old Rauma?
{{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Old Rauma | image = Rauma_3.jpg | caption = Street in Old Rauma | Location = [[Rauma (Finland)|Rauma]], [[Finland]] | Criteria = Cultural: iv, v | ID = 582 | Year = 1991 | Coordinates = {{coord|61|07|42|N|21|30|42|E}} | locmapin = Finland }} '''Old Rauma''' ({{Lang-fi|Vanha Rauma}}, {{Lang-sv|Gamla Raumo}}) is a [[Wood|wooden]] [[Downtown|city centre]]. It is located in the [[town]] of [[Rauma, Finland]]. It is listed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Old Rauma|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/582/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-16|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en}}</ref> The area of Old Rauma is about 0.3&nbsp;km². It has approximately six hundred buildings (including both proper houses and smaller buildings like sheds). About 800 people live in the area. The town of Rauma expanded outside Old Rauma only in the early 19th century. The oldest currently standing buildings were built in the 18th century, because two fires in 1640 and 1682 destroyed the town. Most buildings are currently inhabited and owned by private individuals. The two main streets and area around the [[town square]] are mainly in business use.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Vanha Rauma - Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt RKY|url=http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=1513|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-16|website=www.rky.fi|publisher=[[Museovirasto]]}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{commonscat-inline|Old Rauma}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041205000433/http://www.rauma.fi/kmos/mallit/ Old Rauma] as a [[VRML]] model * [http://www.oldrauma.fi/ Old Rauma information in English] {{WHSite}} {{Break}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Europe]] [[Category:History of Finland]]