The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, Finland. The church was originally built from 1830 to 1852 as a tribute to the
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, Finland. The church was originally built from 1830 to 1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. It was also known as St Nicholas's Church (Finnish: Nikolainkirkko, Swedish: Nikolajkyrkan) until the independence of Finland in 1917. It was designed by architect Carl Ludvig Engel. The building was later altered by Engel's successor Ernst Lohrmann, whose four small domes emphasize the architectural connection to the cathedral's models, Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg. The original design called for placing bells in the сentral tower, but Luhrmann did not risk hanging heavy bells on the thin walls of the tower, and built four belfries at the corners of the building. Lohrmann also erected larger-than-life sized zinc statues of the Twelve Apostles at the apexes and corners of the roofline in 1849. They were sculpted by August Wredov and Hermann Schievelbein and cast by S. P. Devaranne in Berlin in 1845–1847. This is the largest collection of zinc sculpture in the world. During the renovation of the church in 1996-1998, the statues were painted white, which is in better harmony with the snow-white walls of the building.
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Location: Helsinki, Finland
Photo credit: © Todd Strand / Alamy / Afripics
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