Borgå

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Borgå is a historic coastal city in southern Finland, known in Finnish as Porvoo and noted for its well-preserved wooden old town and medieval cathedral.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Borgå canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
architecturalStyle wooden town architecture in old town ⓘ
coastalCity true ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
countrySubdivision Region of Uusimaa ⓘ
distanceFromHelsinki about 50 km east ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
FinnishName Porvoo ⓘ
foundedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
governedBy Porvoo City Council ⓘ
hasCathedral Porvoo Cathedral ⓘ
hasCityCenter Porvoo city centre ⓘ
linked to: Porvoo
hasHarbor Porvoo harbor ⓘ
hasLandmark Porvoo Cathedral ⓘ
Porvoo Old Town wooden houses ⓘ
Porvoo Town Hall ⓘ
Porvoo riverside warehouses ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages ⓘ
hasOldTown Porvoo Old Town ⓘ
linked to: Porvoo
hasPart Old Porvoo ⓘ
linked to: Porvoo
hasRiver Porvoonjoki ⓘ
heritageStatus nationally significant built cultural environment (Finland) ⓘ
historicCity true ⓘ
historicRegion Uusimaa ⓘ
isBilingual true ⓘ
isCoastalMunicipalityOf Gulf of Finland ⓘ
isTouristDestination true ⓘ
languageStatus officially bilingual municipality ⓘ
locatedEastOf Helsinki ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Finland ⓘ
Uusimaa region ⓘ
linked to: Uusimaa
locatedNear Gulf of Finland ⓘ
locatedOn Porvoonjoki river ⓘ
linked to: Porvoonjoki
notableFeature medieval cathedral ⓘ
well-preserved wooden old town ⓘ
officialLanguage Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 06100 ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Porvoo sub-region ⓘ
religiousDiocese Diocese of Porvoo ⓘ
SwedishName Borgå ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
transportConnection Highway E18 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borgå → SwedishName → Borgå ⓘ