It may seem to some that the capital of Finland is very much behind in terms of the number of monuments and attractions, especially in comparison with its Swedish neighbor. But this is not so, walks in Helsinki prove that the city is good at any time of the year, there are many beautiful landscapes and restrained "northern architecture".
Walking in Helsinki Russian
This beautiful city has received a beautiful definition - "the daughter of the Baltic", the date of its foundation is considered to be 1550. But in 1812 a new page of Helsinki was opened - the Russian one, when this place became a kind of experimental platform for Russian emperors who tried to make a miniature copy of St. Petersburg from a Finnish city. Traces of the presence of Russian (Russian) architects can still be found in the metropolis today, only the names of the objects sound with a Finnish accent.
For example, who can guess that Senaatintori Square is the same as Senate Square. Why such a name appeared is not difficult to guess, here is the building of the Finnish Senate, where ministers sit.
Opposite there is another building - the twin of the Senate. Only it houses the local university. Next to it is the building of the Main University Library, tourists love to inspect this masterpiece of architecture from the outside, and scientists tend to get inside, since this place contains one of the largest collections of Slavic literature. At one time, Alexander I, the Russian emperor, ordered to send one copy of all the books printed in Russia to Helsinki.
The main attraction of the square
Of all the architectural masterpieces on Helsinki's Senate Square, Tuomiokirkko, the Lutheran Cathedral, is the main attraction. Pay attention to:
- the central dome, to the construction of which Engel put his hands on;
- four smaller domes, the brainchild of Engel's student Ernst Lormann;
- statues of the twelve apostles, similar to those located in St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
The Lutheran Cathedral, the buildings of the Senate and the University are not all the historical and cultural objects of the square. In its center is a monument to Alexander I, who did a lot both for the city and for the Finnish nation, in particular, he legalized the Finnish language. For this, the indigenous people remain grateful to him.
