Anjala Manor

Anyala is a place in Finland, which is associated with the first attempts of Finland’s exit from Swedish rule. At the end of the XVIII century in the village of Anyala formed the eponymous union of officers opposed to King Gustav III and for the annexation of Finnish lands to Russia.

The Anyala Estate Museum is located in the town of Anyala, on the picturesque bank of the Kumijoki River at the doorstep of Ankkapurh.

The estate of Anjala was donated by the Swedish king Charles XII to the Vrede family, after in 1605 during the Battle of Kirkholm near Riga Henrik Vrede at the cost of his own life saved the life of King Charles XII. Initially, the manor of Anyala was part of a larger gift, the so-called "Elimäki Quartet". Later, the estate passed to Prince Alexander Menshikov, who was the Governor General of Finland from 1831 to 1855.

The old building of the estate burned down in 1789 in a fire that arose during the shelling of Russian artillery. The modern main building of the estate was built in the late XVIII - early XIX century. The interior of the premises of the main building of the estate corresponds to the interior of the late XVIII - early XIX century. The exposition of the museum presents the works of the sculptor Karl Henrik Vrede, there is also a room of Matilda Vrede, where various items of her everyday life are presented.

The museum is only open to visitors in the summer every day between July 1 and August 15 from 11 to 17 p.m. From August 16 to September 30 - for tourist groups by prior arrangement.