Nystad

(Local Name: Uusikaupunki) Leave Turku on Road 8, which leads via Raisio and Mynämäki to Laitila, from which Road 198 continues 19km/12mi southwest to the port and commercial town (granite industry) of Uusikaupunki (Swedish Nystad; pop. 17,600) on the Gulf of Bothnia. The town was founded in 1616, during the reign of Gustavus Adolphus. Here in August 1721 was signed the treaty of Nystad which ended the Northern War, giving Russia possession of Ingermanland, Estonia, Livonia and part of Karelia; monument (1961) in the Market Square. In Town Hall Square is the new church (1863). The old church (1629) now houses a museum of cultural history.