Senate Square - details and images
Everyone wants to know Helsinki, should start in the Senate Square, the center's neoclassical city, a place where the pale green and the Lutheran cathedral dominates all other roofs and terraces. Market design was designed by Carl Engel in the mid 1800s, when Finland was part of the Russian Empire. In addition to the huge white cathedral, you can see the Parliament buildings and the University.
Neoclassical architecture was often used as background in scenes from Hollywood movies, whose action was happening in Russia, the Soviet Union was virtually inaccessible (Gorky Park, for example, is best known). However, the White City of the North, as it was called because of neoclassical buildings, is rather famous for its Art Nouveau buildings, which began to rise in the early 1920s and were heavily influenced by the style of Kalevala, a popular theme in national romantic art. Art Nouveau style can be found in areas such as residential and Ullanlinna Katajonokka. Another style that put their mark on the city's look is reflected in the buildings known Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, one of the pioneers of functionalism.
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