The Ruins II, Old Wasa Multi-cache
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NOTE: NEW CALCULATION SINCE AUG 2003 In 1683 a three-subject or
‘trivial’school moved from Nykarleby to this location.
To find the coordinates for the cache you need to find out when one
of Finland's most famous poets studied in this school. Cache
coordiante are: N 63 04.xxx E 21 43.yyy And xxx = year the poet
started in this school - 1285, yyy = year he finished this school -
1450
Some historical facts: The history of Mustasaari (Mussor) and also
of Vaasa begins in the 14th century, when the seafarers from the
coastal region in central Sweden disembarked at the present Old
Vaasa, and the wasteland owners from Finland proper came to guard
their land. In the middle of the century Saint Mary’s Church
was built and in the 1370’s the building of the fortress at
Korsholm, Crysseborgh, was undertaken, and it served as
administrative centre of the Vaasa province. King Charles IX
founded the town of Vaasa on October 2, 1606 around the oldest
harbour and trade point in the Mustasaari church village ca. 7 km
to the southwest from the present city. King Charles IX gave the
town the name of his royal house. Thanks to the sea connections
ship building and trade, especially tar trade, was flourishing from
the seventeenth century and most of the inhabitants earned their
living from it. In 1683 the three-subject or
‘trivial’school moved from Nykarleby to Vaasa and four
years later a new schoolhouse was built in Vaasa. Finland’s
first library was founded in Vaasa in 1794.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
ABGR: GUVF PNPUR UNF ORRA ERUVQQRA VA N FYVTUYL ARJ CYNPR VA NHTHFG 2003.
Gur pnpur vf fyvtuyl ovttre guna n svyz pnavfgre naq vf engure jryy uvqqra fbzr "Y" pz nobir tebhaq yriry