Pallastunturi Fells, Lapland, Finland - Lappi reindeer caravan -postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Lappi - Lapland, Finland - A caravan of reindeer - Pallastunturi fells
• Publisher: Kuultokuva, Helsinki
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Pallastunturi fells is a group of seven fells in the municipalities of Muonio and Enontekiö in Lapland, Finland. The highest peak is 809-metre (2,654 ft) Taivaskero, which is also highest peak of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park and whole Lapland excluding Käsivarsi area.[1] The fells are located in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park which was originally established in 1938. Pallastunturi fells are one of the 27 National landscapes of Finland.[2]

Pallastunturi Hotel was built in 1938. The Functionalism style building was destroyed by German troops during the Lapland War in October 1944. A new hotel was opened 1948.[3]

1952 Olympic flame

A second Olympic flame of the 1952 Summer Olympics was lit on the top of Taivaskero fell in the midnight of 6 July 1952. It was lit by the rays of Midnight sun and carried