OLDEST - Public Memorial in Helsinki - Helsinki, Finland
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N 60° 10.059 E 024° 57.267
35V E 386493 N 6671840
Keisarinnankivi (‘The Stone of the Empress’) is the oldest public memorial in Helsinki. It was erected in the Market Square to commemorate the Empress Alexandra’s (the German-born wife of Nicholas I), first visit to Helsinki.
Waymark Code: WMYM3F
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 06/27/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
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"‘The Stone of the Empress’ is the oldest public memorial in Helsinki. It was erected in the Market Square to commemorate the Empress Alexandra’s (the German-born wife of Nicholas I), first visit to Helsinki. She visited the City in 1833 with her husband, who came to inspect the construction of Helsinki’s new centre. The memorial is an obelisk cut in red granite. A bronze globe is set on top of the obelisk, and the two-headed eagle of Russia.

The obelisk form, already a basic memorial type for glorifying sculptures depicting historical events and in memorial stones during Antiquity in Europe was adopted for ‘The Stone of the Empress’. This work is typical of the early 19th century obelisks which followed the traditions of the Antique forms.

The stone includes the following, explanatory texts in Finnish and Latin: “Keisarinna Alexandralle Suomen pääkaupungissa ensikerran käyneelle XXIX.p:Touko X.p: Kesä MDCCCXXXIII. Imperatrici Alexandrae Metropolin Finlandiae Primum Adventati die XXIX Maji X Juni MDCCCXXXIII.” The English translation reads: “To Empress Alexandra on her first visit to the capital of Finland May 29 – June 10, 1833.”"

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Suomi -
"Keisarinnan kivi on Helsingin vanhin julkinen muistomerkki. Se pystytettiin Helsingin kauppatorille Nikolai I:n puolison saksalaissyntyisen keisarinna Aleksandran ensimmäisen Helsingin-vierailun muistoksi. Keisarinnapari kävi kesällä 1833 tutustumassa kaupungin uuden keskustan rakennustöihin.

Muistomerkin keskeinen osa on punagraniittinen obeliski. Sen huipulla on pronssinen maapallo, jonka päällä on Venäjän keisarisuvun symbolina kaksipäinen kotka. Kotkan rinnassa on Suomen leijonavaakuna. Egyptistä peräisin olevaa obeliskia käytettiin Euroopassa jo antiikin aikana muistomerkkien perusmuotona – mm. juhlavissa, historiallisia tapahtumia kuvaavissa veistoksissa sekä hautamuistomerkeissä. Keisarinnankivi jatkaa 1800-luvun alussa empiren aikana suosittua antikisoivaa perinnettä.

Suomen- ja latinankieliset tekstit kertovat Keisarinnankiven tarkoituksesta:
Keisarinna Alexandralle Suomen pääkaupungissa ensikerran käyneelle XXIX.p: Touko X.p: Kesä MDCCCXXXIII Imperatrici Alexandrae Metropolin Finlandiae Primum Adventati die XXIX Maji X Juni MDCCCXXXIII"

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Type of documentation of superlative status: Various internet sources

Location of coordinates: At the monument

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