Kultaranta
Naantali, Finland
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Kultaranta, the summer residence of the president of Finland, stands on the island of Luonnonmaa in Naantali, Southwest Finland. Built in 1914 for businessman Alfred Kordelin, this granite manor house was designed by architect Lars Sonck in the Art Nouveau and national Romantic styles. The building exemplifies early twentieth-century Nordic architecture, with its ground floor housing reception rooms and private apartments, while bedrooms and guestrooms occupy the upper floors; a tower accessible by marble steps offers views across Naantali and the inshore islands. Acquired by the Finnish Parliament in 1922 for presidential use, the complex is set within 56 hectares of parkland—described as a "mini-Versailles"—featuring approximately 1,000 square metres of greenhouses and a celebrated rose garden called Medaljonki with 3,500 roses. The surrounding landscape, managed partly as natural woodland with sandy pathways and partly as cultivated gardens open to public tours, supplies the presidential household with flowers and vegetables year-round. Kultaranta is designated a protected building and Cultural Heritage Site of National Significance.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- official residence, summer residence
- Heritage
- protected building in the Built Heritage Register, Cultural Heritage Site of National Significance
- Place
- Naantali, Finland
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