Pedestal detail of Tsar Alexander II memorial in front of Lutheran Cathedral with flowers in foreground Helsinki Finland
Following Alexander s assassination in 1881 designs for a memorial by both Walter Runeberg and Johannes Takanen were accepted When Takanen died before construction Runeberg included elements of Takanen s design The pedestal has four symbolic figures on red granite representing Law Light Peace and Work The work was unveiled in 1894
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