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14.10.2020
Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen Rosenborg Castle is a Renaissance castle located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summer house in 1606 and is an example of many architectural projects by Christian IV. It was built in the style of the Dutch Renaissance, typical for Danish buildings...
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21.09.2020
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen Tivoli, also known as Tivoli Gardens, is an amusement park and theme park in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klumpenborg, also in Denmark. Tivoli, which was visited by 4.6...
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21.09.2020
House of Jyvaskyla workers House of Jyväskylä workers is located in the center of Jyväskylä, on Kaupakatu Street. The building, built in 1925, was designed by architect Alvar Aalto and is considered one of the most significant representatives of classicism in Finland in the 1920s. Ballroom...
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21.09.2020
Finnish Crafts Museum, Jyvaskyla Finnish Crafts Museum is a museum of national responsibility in Finland, specializing in handicrafts and crafts. The museum is located on a pedestrian street in Jyväskylä and includes the Finnish National Costume Centre and the Guard Centre. The decision to establish the...
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20.09.2020
Museum of Central Finland, Jyvaskyla Museum of Central Finland - Museum of Cultural History. It serves as a regional museum of Central Finland and the City Museum of Jyväskylä. In addition to exhibitions, the museum conducts research, recording, education and studies of building culture and cultural environment...
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19.09.2020
Alvar Aalto Museum Alvar Aalto Museum is a Finnish museum, working in two cities, Jyväskylä and Helsinki, in two places in each. All four locations are open to the public. They are: Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä - is a museum specializing in architecture and design, functioning as...
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19.09.2020
Experimental House Muurazalo, Jyvaskyla Experimental House Muurazalo is a villa designed by Alvara Aalto in Muuratsalo , Säynätsalo island, a small industrial community in the city of Jyväskylä . Aalto described the building complex as a combination of a studio calm architect and experimental center,...
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18.09.2020
Saynatsalon Kunnantalo, Jyvaskyla Säynätsalo Town Hall is a multifunctional building complex consisting of two main buildings organized around a central courtyard; U-shaped council chamber and town hall with administrative offices and a public library with apartments. The town hall was designed by Finnish...
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17.09.2020
War Memorial, Lappeenranta Monument at Soldier's Cemetery: Mourning and Faith in the Future, Väino Aaltonen, 1951. 1501 soldiers who died in 1939-1940 and 1941-44 are buried at Soldier's Cemetery in the heart of the city. The red granite monument of Väino Aaltonen has two sides. On one side...
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17.09.2020
Orthodox Church, Lappeenranta The Orthodox Church of Finland is an autonomous Eastern Archbishopric of Constantinople Patriarchate. The Church has the legal status of a national church. in the country, together with the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland. The Finnish Orthodox Church, rooted in medieval...
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