Helsinki, Neo-Classicism and Art Nouveau
July 27, 2010
The capital of Finland is a Nordic charming city. Its narrow streets and urban and cosmopolitan cultural scene invite the world to visit this region of Finland.
If you want to relax and enjoy the company of artists, journalists and intellectuals in Finland, should visit the Hotel Kamp, one of the most beautiful and best known of the city’s bohemian scene. Its hall of mirrors is the most impressive in this historic building that was renovated recently.
The most important buildings are neo classical style. Carl Ludvig Engel was asked to give a new face to the center of the city in the nineteenth century. The central part of his works on the famous Senate Square, surrounded by the Helsinki Cathedral, completed in 1852, the building of the University and government buildings. One of the most prominent monuments of the city is the Cathedral of Helsinki, recognized as the symbol of the city.
However, this city is also famous for its art nouveau buildings represented in the early 1900s. The Kalevala theme is prominent in the national art of the time. One representative of this theme is the great Helsinki railway station.
In the cultural scene, highlights the huge and controversial Finland Hall, a music room Aalto’s work. Some buildings, like the Olympic Stadium, built for the Olympics in 1940 but used for the 1952 Olympics, or Helsinki Malmi Airport have been classified as monuments of national importance, cultural and historical.
The most important museum in the city is the National Museum of Finland, as the museum of the city of Helsinki. Helsinki National Theatre is the most important theater in the city, which represent the best works. The National Gallery of Finland, consisting of three museums and exhibition halls, one for European art, one for the art of Finland, and one for modern art.
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