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Olavinlinna Castle  1.0

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-Cori edit: Update missing description from Read Me file.

Olavinlinna Castle. Origin: Savonlinna, Finland.

Found in Landmarks menu.

Plop cost §30000, to maintain §200.

Lot is 8x4 size, but the building about is 12x7 size, so be careful when you plop it.

It must place on water, as in real world, it's situated on a small rocky island.

This was a huge project to do, lots of backgound work, and I couldn't find decent photos from every direction, so some of the details are just guessed. I hope it works correctly, I had almost every possible problem with rendering and lot making.

The Olavinlinna castle (Olofsborg in Swedish) was founded in 1475, by Danish-born knight Erik Tott, to protect Sweden against attacts from Russia. The castle was upgraded several times after that, latest great upgrades were made by Russians in 18th century.

Today Olavinlinna is a popular tourist attraction and place of the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

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Recommended for getting power out into the water: (Nearly) Invisible Underwater Power Connection Lots by @11241036.

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If someone is interested in history of Olavinlinna, it has a own website made by Savonlinna Practise School pupils and University of Joensuu: http://snor.joensuu.fi/olavinlinna/index_english.htm

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It's great to have these Finnish buildings in Simcity! Olavinlinna is very important historic symbol to Finns! I MUST have it in my cities! (because i'm a Finn)!!
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Prepo is becoming quickly the Finn King of SimCity!!! You should just hear the annual opera festival played in the castle!!!

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Wow.. that looks great.. In fact, it looks a lot like one of the radar stations/island lighthouse in a mission in the game Commandos.. ;)

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Wow, great job prepo. Finally somebody is rendering/modelling buildings in Finland. :) Voisitko kenties mallintaa jonkun suomalaisen tornitalon? Vaikka It

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Does this lot require electricity? I'm a little worried about that power line in the water there, It certainly interferes with the aesthetic of the building.

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That no-electricity -sign does not seem to appear, but if you want to see night lights, there must be electricity. If castle is close enough shore, it can have electricity from buildings there or from some coastal buildings. Too bad there's no underwater powerlines in SC4.

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Even without underwater powerlines, we can still use underwater plazas or seaside piers. A nice lil bit of work. A ten!

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Yes, I forgot to mention that building is in Finland, though Finland was part of Sweden in those days.

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