Sortavala [SEP] located next to body of water
Sortavala
Sortavala (till 1918 Serdobol; ; Finnish and ; ) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border. Population: 
History.
The district of Sortavala was first recorded in Swedish documents dating to 1468. Russian documents first mention it as Serdovol or Serdobol in 1500. It was ceded to Sweden after the Ingrian War.
With the 1721 Treaty of Nystad, the settlement was joined to Russia along with the rest of Old Finland
above the Sainte-Thècle crypt where the body of Saint Privat had been buried. It is located next to the old episcopal palace.
- Public fountains
The city has many public fountains. Water from the causses thus enters a piping system located beneath the city before joining the Lot. Two of them (Aigues-Passe and Soubeyrand) are classified as historic monuments. Piped water also enters the old wash house of the Calquières, still visible on "Rue d'Angiran".
- The Tower of the Penitents