Vyborg: Monrepo Landscape Park

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The official name of Monrepos Park is the "State Historical, Architectural, and Natural Museum-Reserve." This picturesque landscape park is located on Tverdysh Island on the shore of Protective Bay of the Vyborg Gulf. Tverdysh Island was formerly known as Castle Island (Swedish: Slottsholmen, Finnish: Linnansaari). When Vyborg was part of the Kingdom of Sweden, the land on the island belonged to the treasury and was managed by the governor of Vyborg Castle. The estate complex and a few small structures are situated on an area of 180 hectares. The natural landscape lies within a special physico-geographical region — Fennoscandia. Unique stone ridges from the glacial period, made of rapakivi granite ("rotten stone"), reach heights of up to 20 meters in certain areas. Water is an integral part of the park's overall composition, connecting the mainland with a chain of rocky islands and giant boulders.

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