What good taste for war! The Scandinavians decorated their fortresses with lakes and circular towers, with the magic of the environment, to give a certain aesthetic to the presence of death. This is how battles were fought in the 15th century in Finland.
To combat the Russians, the castle that today encourages the tour of tourists in the city of Savonlinna, Although his official name is Olavinlinna (the punishment of St. Olaf)
We take the strength with the rage of our cameras, eager to shoot stones and water plans, of princess torrels or medieval stairs. We set up the crane to sublimize the softness of that castle that repelled cannon Shop in the middle of a lake in the Region of the Thousand Lagos of Finland.
We usually forget that most of the wonders created by man have been inspired by barbarism
In places like that one works by inertia letting himself be carried away by the beauty of the stamp. When the world goes around, Sometimes it is necessary to immerse sharks and other times postcards are collected. That is the true magic of the trip.
Savonlinna was waiting for us. A retractable bridge allowed us to entry, With kindness, by forgetting that strength was built with war air, No welcome. In that part of Lake Saimaa the currents prevent water from freezing and therefore neither the ice managed to access that castle in a lake between two regions in conflict.
During the Russian-South wars, The castle resisted the onslaught of those relentless Russians, then, as with almost all castles -I have never understood why- He suffered a fire and then came the civilization to rebuild it and thus seduce journalists and the elderly with their grandchildren and anyone who imagines such a construction in the middle of a beautiful lake with their ducks and their flowers.
We usually forget that most of the wonders created by man have been inspired by barbarism, A paradox that dissolves with the serene current of a lake to the south of Finland.
