Puutori
Puutori (, ) is a market square in the city centre of Turku, Finland. It measures at approximately . It is bordered by Aninkaistenkatu/Aningaisgatan, Maariankatu/Mariegatan, Brahenkatu/Brahegatan and Sibeliuksenkatu/Sibeliusgatan. Today, it has no regular market square activity but Puutorin puolesta ry organises different events there each year. Located at one end of the square are Ystävyydenpuisto ("friendship park") and Wäinö Aaltonen's statue Kun ystävyyssuhteet solmitaan, which was designed in 1955 in honour of the friendship between Turku and Göteborg. There are also small cafés and shops surrounding Puutori, as well as a pet store. History Turku Puutori was marked as a wasteland on the city maps at the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. The Puutori area was left out of the city plans made by C.L. Engel because it was located too close to the newly built Market Square, at the time called Aleksanterintori or "Alexander's Market Square". The area was known as Onnettomuudenmäki ("Accident Hill") because the Great Fire of Turku started at Aninkaistenmäki. Merchants came to the settlement that had surrounded the square in the 19th century. Old clothing retailers, who had been driven out of the deserted plot that was then