Pielisjoki Castle

Pielisjoki Castle (Finnish: Pielisjoen linna) is a 19th-century public building in the city of Joensuu, in eastern Finland.

It is located in the city centre, situated on a small island in River Pielisjoki.

[1][3][4] The building has never served as a castle as such; after it ceased to operate as a granary, it was given over to the Suojeluskunta civil guard and converted in 1919 to office and residential use, according to the designs by the architect Ole Gripenberg [fi].

[1] The ground floor housed staff quarters, arsenal and a drive-through carriageway for loading and offloading vehicles.

[3] Following a renovation in the late 1960s, the building housed for over three decades various research units and activities of the University of Eastern Finland.

Pielisjoki Castle and river, seen from the city centre