Zone:Rumpalit
| Rumpalit | |
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 The memorial over "Porin läänin jalkaväkirykmentti" (Pori county infantry regiment). | |
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| Information | |
| Difficulty |  |
| Location | Turku, Lounais-Suomi, Finland |
| Surface | Grass, Sand |
| Created | 2015-12-24 16:00:00 |
| Rumpalit at Turfgame.com | |
Rumpalit is a turfzone in the municipality of Turku (Åbo) in the region of Lounais-Suomi (Southwestern Finland) in Finland. The zone is located in the province of Varsinais-Suomi and is counted as a monument zone.
This zone was formely named EduZone and was placed in a different area of the Tuomaanpuisto park.
Placement[edit]
This zone is placed by the memorial over "Porin läänin jalkaväkirykmentti" (Pori county infantry regiment) in the former Turku Barracks area (today part of the Turku University Campus area), by the road "Kasarminkatu", east of Turku city center.
Rumpalit[edit]
Rumpalit "The Drummers" is a sculpture by Niilo Savia (1903–1976) that was unveiled in 1966 in Turku's Tuomaanpuisto park at Kasarminkatu 6. The two meter long sculpture is made of bronze and its 3.50 meter high pedestal is made of red granite. The statue was erected in memory of the Porin läänin jalkaväkirykmentti" (Pori county infantry regiment).
One of the drummers represents a drummer from the 19th century and the other from the 1960s. The statue located in Tuomaanpuisto park in the area around the Turku old barracks was unveiled on August 7, 1966. A copy of the statue was placed in Säkylä in the Huovinrinne garrison area in 1988. On November 28, 2013, a copy of Huovinrinne's statue was unveiled near the center of Säkylä in the roundabout of regional road 204.
Gallery[edit]
"I rush forward because honor, duty and will require me to do so" Regimental slogan of the Finnish War.
The zone's former placement
Turf Issues[edit]
Turf Issue 12869 - Could be more central and given Monument attribute
Nearby zones[edit]
- BeaniZone (to the north)
- RoundHouse (to the northeast)
- UniBikePath (to the east)
- ArcanumZone (to the east)
- TurunYliopist (to the southeast)
- RiverStreet (to the southwest)
- AuraZone (to the west)
- Raunistula (to northwest)
