Helsinki Cathedral - Helsinki, Finland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
N 60° 10.204 E 024° 57.134
35V E 386379 N 6672113
The Helsinki Cathedral is located in the heart of Helsinki, Finland.
Waymark Code: WMPFTN
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 08/24/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
Views: 71

"Helsinki Cathedral (Finnish: Helsingin tuomiokirkko, Suurkirkko; Swedish: Helsingfors domkyrka, Storkyrkan) is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighbourhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. The church was originally built from 1830-1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. It was also known as St Nicholas' Church until the independence of Finland in 1917.

Description

A distinctive landmark in the Helsinki cityscape, with its tall, green dome surrounded by four smaller domes, the building is in the neoclassical style. It was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel as the climax of his Senate Square layout: it is surrounded by other, smaller buildings designed by him.

The church's plan is a Greek cross (a square centre and four equilateral arms), symmetrical in each of the four cardinal directions, with each arm's façade featuring a colonnade and pediment. Engel originally intended to place a further row of columns on the western end to mark the main entrance opposite the eastern altar, but this was never built."

--Wikipedia (visit link)
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