Ruttokivi - Plague memorial stone in Porvoo, Finland
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N 60° 23.701 E 025° 39.253
35V E 425835 N 6696162
Ruttokivi - Plaguestone is memorial stone in Porvoo for those who died in plague. Ruttokivi - Ruttoon kuolleiden muistoksi.
Waymark Code: WM72BH
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 08/23/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme
Views: 77
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[English]Plague came to Porvoo in 1710 from south. Killed nearly 700 people. Graveyard were full so they had to bury people in massgraves. There were also another epidemic in Porvoo region in 1572 that killed about 300 people.

[Suomi]Kun rutto saapui Porvooseen etelästä 1710 se tappoi lähes 700 porvoolaista. Hautausmaat tulivat pian täyteen joten ihmisiä piti haudata joukkohautoihin. Porvoossa riehui myös toinen ruttoepidemia 1572, joka tappoi reilun 300 ihmistä.

In memorial stone there read - Ruttokivessä lukee:

PS. 71 20
TILL MINNET
AV
DEM SOM PESTEN SLOGS
1710-1711
RUTTOON SORTUNEITTEN
MUISTOLLE.


In english.
Psalm 71 20
In memory of those who died by plague
1710 - 1711

On bottom part of the stone there is quite hard to read latin text...
Loppuosassa on hieman hankalasti luettavaa tekstiä latinaksi...


Pestis multas hominum myriades
civium autem Borgoae aurestiumque 652 extinxit
queis locus sepulturae in latere Näse colus
prope viam regiam est datus

Disaster Date: 01/01/1710

Memorial Sponsors: Porvoo

Disaster Type: Natural

Date of dedication: Not listed

Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

Relevant Website: Not listed
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