Kotiseututalo Röytty
Röytty, next to Taipalsaari church, is a former military service farm and coaching inn that now operates as a local heritage museum. In summer and at Christmas there is a café and a sales exhibition of local craftspeople.
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About the museum
Röytty is believed to have been built in the late 1600s by men from Taipalsaari, Savitaipale and Joutseno. The first mention of it as a military service farm dates from 1680. Röytty was for a short time the service farm of Swedish army lieutenants, until the whole Taipalsaari area passed to Russia under the Treaty of Turku in 1743; after that the house became a coaching inn. Its location at the junction of the ice road and of water and land transport brought in customers.
The coaching-inn business ended in 1937, and the last master of the house was Viktor Rikkonen. In 1988 the municipality received the property from his nephew Veikko Rikkonen and restored the house as a coaching-inn museum, following the guidelines of the South Karelia Museum and the National Board of Antiquities (Museovirasto). The local heritage house opened to the public in summer 1996. The same farmyard has an outbuilding, and nearby is a grain storehouse of the historic loan granary (lainajyvästö), the Taipalsaari Local Heritage Museum.
Highlights
- Former military service farm and coaching inn
- Outbuildings in the farmyard
- Summer café and Christmas sales exhibition
- Founded
- 1996
- Operated by
- Taipalsaaren kunta
Admission & discounts
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
- Café
In summer and at Christmas, Röytty has a café run by local associations and a sales exhibition of local craftspeople.
Events & venue rental
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