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Helsinki Pages by Kuznetsov_Sergey
| Page Views: 660 Last Visit to Helsinki: August, 2006 | Moscow-Helsinki by Kuznetsov_Sergey - last update: Sep 15, 2006 |
| Helsinki - Lutheran Cathedral |
The central square, church with a cemetery and a building of a town hall settled down in area of the present Senatorial square (Senaatintori) in 1600-1700. Buildings surrounding the square began to build up again after strong destructions during Northern war 1700-1721. When Helsinki became the capital, the city centre was completely reconstructed under the plan of the native of Helsinki J.A.Erenstryom and under projects of well-known German architect K.L.Engel, who worked before in Tallinn and St.-Petersburg. |
|  | Karl Engel created a number of impressing public buildings in style of neoclassicism. The building of the State Council, the main building of the Helsinki university and the Lutheran Cathedral are really beautiful. All these buildings surround the Senatorial square - the city center which was created in 1818-1852. It is considered an outstanding masterpiece of architecture and one of the beautiful architectural ensembles in Europe. |
| Helsinki - The Senatorial square - Irina |
| | The square is paved by a gray and red granite cobble-stone. It is considered that the main merit of the architect was that he managed on cut up by hills and rocks of district to create the surprisingly harmonious and integral ensemble. Together with an uniform line of constructions of the southern part of the square and with the Cathedral all the building form one of the purest on style neo-classic squares in Europe.
The Senatorial square is the central place of celebrations in Day of Independence (on December, 6th). This day it flashes in thousand sparks of candles, which students bring there from the cemetery Hietaniemen. |
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BillNJ Sun Mar 23, 2008 13:30 UTC
Sergey, Thanks for your kind comments on my homepage. I have been to Helsinki -- and your page helps me appreciate it more! Engel was certainly a fine architect. Best regards from USA, Bill | JLBG Sun Feb 24, 2008 20:47 UTC
Thank you for this very thorough tour of Helsinki. Your history tips are especially interesting. Helsinki looks like a very quiet capital, very different from Moscow! | LoriPori Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:27 UTC
Interesting page on Helsinki. Especially enjoyed the history of the city. Wonderful pics and descriptions. | tini58de Sun Mar 4, 2007 07:56 UTC
Interesting page about a place that I have not visited until now! Good job, Sergey! |
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