Trip to Finland: Lappeenranta
62 photo with description17.08.2014 21:06
17.08.2014 21:06
Andrey Panevin
To open visa and shopping, we have gone to the Finnish city on border with Russia — Lappeenranta.
Day has stood out good and with interesting overcast. Photo left much.
«Angela» modern sculpture (Enkeli, «Reikäenkeli», «Särkynyt enkeli») in square before church Lauritsala.
In this small square very cool benches. Same come across on all city.
Church Lauritsala amazes with the architecture. It is constructed in 1969 (under the project of 1958), architects of Tojvo Karhonen (Toivo Korhonen) and Jaaakko Laapotti (Jaakko Laapotti).
Other name of church — «Heavenly light». The church form an equipotential triangle which symbolises the Sacred Trinity. Well and Lauritsala is big area in the east Lappeenranta.
Belltower and Memorial to orphans of war.
Monument to the Fourth infantry regiment before an entrance in the central park and military cemetery Lappeenranta.
The central park — an old cemetery and military burial places Winter and World War II wars.
Old tombs in the central park Lappeenranta.
Monument «Grief and Belief in the future» — to inhabitants Lappeenranta, fallen in fights Winter and World War II wars.
All gravestones identical, the tomb of the Olympic champion Kalle Ialkanen which was lost on September, 15th, 1941 (most likely on Karelian isthmus near Leningrad) is evident.
The big site of a military cemetery in the central park Lappeenranta with burial places fallen in Winter war.
St. Maria's church, evangelicheski-Lutheran arrival of Lappe. Church in the form of a double cross if to look from above — rare and unusual configuration. In the foreground — gate of the central park (which part as I spoke — a military cemetery).
Memorial of the «Last generations». A monument in the form of a sail from a red granite — a gift of sculptor Veikko Jalavan to a city (1974).
Domes of church of Lappeenranta.
The Belltower of Lappeenranta in the central park of a city.
The monument is established in the central park Lappeenranta in 1920 in honour «white» (acting on the party of the Finnish Senate), fallen in Civil war of 1918.
The index of distance to cities.
The attractive ancient house with interesting architecture. Nowadays department store «Sokos» and restaurant (the address: Valtakatu 33, at the corner of the central park). The surprising house in style of the Finnish modernist style. The XX-th century beginnings presumably.
And it already rather modern building in style functioanism, 1986 of construction.
Monument to the Saimaa seal on a foot zone of Oleksi. On a background the belltower and, actually, the central park with a military cemetery is seen.
Foot zone of Oleksi.
On the centre Lappeenranta plies such here children's train, rolling tourists.
The former city town hall. In the Russian empire the municipal duma should be stone, but in view of poverty Lappeenranta, by way of exception, the emperor has permitted a wooden town hall. Surprisingly, but till 80th years of the last century the municipal duma sat at this building Lappeenranta, well and nowadays — a museum.
Lantern at a town hall — a popular local symbol: here, for example, a small restaurant logo. And a lantern really fine.
Monument to the Finnish cavalry (finnish: Suomen ratsuväen muistomerkki) about the Nikolaev redoubt and church of Lappeenranta. Rather modern monument, 1963.
Church of Lappeenranta. Compare with a photo Church of Lappeenranta in the beginnings of March. In the summer church and the Nikolaevsky redoubt (defensive strengthenings round church) are buried in verdure.
Let's move further.
Monument to three Finnish aces, gentlemen of the Knightly cross of Mannerheim (the higher military award of Finland):
Day has stood out good and with interesting overcast. Photo left much.
«Angela» modern sculpture (Enkeli, «Reikäenkeli», «Särkynyt enkeli») in square before church Lauritsala.
In this small square very cool benches. Same come across on all city.
Church Lauritsala amazes with the architecture. It is constructed in 1969 (under the project of 1958), architects of Tojvo Karhonen (Toivo Korhonen) and Jaaakko Laapotti (Jaakko Laapotti).
Other name of church — «Heavenly light». The church form an equipotential triangle which symbolises the Sacred Trinity. Well and Lauritsala is big area in the east Lappeenranta.
Belltower and Memorial to orphans of war.
Monument to the Fourth infantry regiment before an entrance in the central park and military cemetery Lappeenranta.
The central park — an old cemetery and military burial places Winter and World War II wars.
Old tombs in the central park Lappeenranta.
Monument «Grief and Belief in the future» — to inhabitants Lappeenranta, fallen in fights Winter and World War II wars.
All gravestones identical, the tomb of the Olympic champion Kalle Ialkanen which was lost on September, 15th, 1941 (most likely on Karelian isthmus near Leningrad) is evident.
The big site of a military cemetery in the central park Lappeenranta with burial places fallen in Winter war.
St. Maria's church, evangelicheski-Lutheran arrival of Lappe. Church in the form of a double cross if to look from above — rare and unusual configuration. In the foreground — gate of the central park (which part as I spoke — a military cemetery).
Memorial of the «Last generations». A monument in the form of a sail from a red granite — a gift of sculptor Veikko Jalavan to a city (1974).
Domes of church of Lappeenranta.
The Belltower of Lappeenranta in the central park of a city.
The monument is established in the central park Lappeenranta in 1920 in honour «white» (acting on the party of the Finnish Senate), fallen in Civil war of 1918.
The index of distance to cities.
The attractive ancient house with interesting architecture. Nowadays department store «Sokos» and restaurant (the address: Valtakatu 33, at the corner of the central park). The surprising house in style of the Finnish modernist style. The XX-th century beginnings presumably.
And it already rather modern building in style functioanism, 1986 of construction.
Monument to the Saimaa seal on a foot zone of Oleksi. On a background the belltower and, actually, the central park with a military cemetery is seen.
Foot zone of Oleksi.
On the centre Lappeenranta plies such here children's train, rolling tourists.
The former city town hall. In the Russian empire the municipal duma should be stone, but in view of poverty Lappeenranta, by way of exception, the emperor has permitted a wooden town hall. Surprisingly, but till 80th years of the last century the municipal duma sat at this building Lappeenranta, well and nowadays — a museum.
Lantern at a town hall — a popular local symbol: here, for example, a small restaurant logo. And a lantern really fine.
Monument to the Finnish cavalry (finnish: Suomen ratsuväen muistomerkki) about the Nikolaev redoubt and church of Lappeenranta. Rather modern monument, 1963.
Church of Lappeenranta. Compare with a photo Church of Lappeenranta in the beginnings of March. In the summer church and the Nikolaevsky redoubt (defensive strengthenings round church) are buried in verdure.
Let's move further.
Monument to three Finnish aces, gentlemen of the Knightly cross of Mannerheim (the higher military award of Finland): - Eino Ilmari Juutilainen 94 victories, twice the gentleman of the Knightly cross
- Eino Antero Luukkanen 56 victories
- Risto Olli Peter Puhakka 42 victories
Total, for three they destroy 192 Russian planes, have passed two wars (Winter and World War II) and all three remained are live.
The monument is located near to Mecca of Russian shuttles — supermarket Prisma, in years of the Second World War here there was an airdrome of the Finnish Air Forces.
Let's walk on lake Saimaa coast.
Over a bay the rests of defensive shaft, initially Swedish, fortresses of Vilmanstrand tower.
The museum is located in buildings of two arsenals (powder cellars).
Memorial in memory of the "red" Finns shot here in 1918-19 several hundred. Approximately 250 from them have been buried nearby. Remains перезахоронены in 1943. A fortress of Vilmanstrand, a memorial it is located near to cases of the former arsenal, nowadays the Museum of Southern Kareliya.
On a parade-ground before buildings of the former arsenal there are two French guns 90 K/77 field artillery de Bange the sample of 1877.
Popular model of the First World War. Such 100 guns France has presented Finland during Winter war.
From shaft of a fortress of Vilmanstrand the remarkable view on a bay opens. The fortress initially was under construction by Swedes, even during the Swedish occupation of Finland. Then active participation in its reorganisation was accepted by Alexander Vasilevich Suvorov. Suvorov supervised over construction/alteration of several more fortresses in Finland (somehow, he fell into disgrace with the empress, Suvorov has gone to the empress and has asked though any appointment for itself, Catherine II has given the commission the column to go to a princedom Finnish and to be engaged in building of fortresses).
I try to collect almost all sights of Lappeenranta, photos by a part left successful.
Let's take a walk on small streets:
Nano-technological brushes for clearing of wheels of a bicycle, such almost at each door.
Lappeenranta — a city, mainly, wooden. Both many houses wooden and wooden fences practically everywhere.
School Eliasa Lyonnrota (in honour of the Finnish linguist of a XIX-th century, Eliasa Lyonnrota, the researcher of karelo-Finnish of the epos «Kalevala»).
Suspension bridge over road.
Road to Finland it is better than in Russia, but ambushes with repair come across such here.
One of buildings of Military academy. The military academy (Maasotakoulu) is school of defensive ground forces and school of infantry armed forces of Finland.
Entrance doors almost everywhere with glasses. Finns do not suffer such paranoia, as Russian (at us all doors deaf persons, except shops and banks, unless).
Showcase of gift shop. Familiar all persons! Posters are is very interesting made. At Finns in general with design all very much even is good (truth traffic signs a bit ugly and sometimes too small indexes — not to read).
Each house, not very well private or multiroom, has benches, a swing and flowerpots with colours.
In the centre Lappeenranta houses of different age and styles and everyone is in own way interesting.
The most correct kind of a signboard. Well both a entrance and drawing of windows — very much even attractive.
And at this time over a city the glider flied, some times flying up with the help лёгкомоторного the plane and then slowly planning over Lappeenranta.
The grandmother with a bast basket, goes from supermarket Prisma. The wattled bast basket has shaken me to depth of soul, I it did not see hundred years.
Simple and functional illumination of athletic field.
While walked, has absolutely casually stumbled about such remarkable car. Saw some more curiosities, but from the car had not time to photograph.
Well, and at last:
Likely, the most abrupt police car in the world.
Part of photos I have got tired to level and extend and have laid out «as is».
The previous trip to the beginning of March: Lappeenranta, the Finnish city on border with Russia.
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