Lappeenranta's original core settlement, Lapvesi, later Lappee, was originally formed around a headland jutting into Lake Saimaa, the site of the present fortress. Musika weveruzhinji wakagadzwa pano, uyo wakave wakakosha senzvimbo yekutengesa iyo Gavhuna Mukuru Count Per Brahe Mudiki akakurudzira kuti hurumende yeSweden ipe ropafadzo dzedhorobha kuLapvesi. Guta iri rakatengwa muna 1649 naMambokadzi Christina weSweden. Panguva iyoyo, Lapvesi yaive chiteshi chakakosha che tar. Mubvunzo: Ndiani akapa Lapvesi chitupa chayo?
Mambokadzi Christina