Helsinki's Old Church on Lönnrot Street
The view along Lönnrotinkatu (Lönnrot Street) to Helsinki Old Church. Helsinki Cathedral can be seen in the distance. Completed in 1826, Helsinki Old Church was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and is the oldest existing church in Helsinki.
The park in which the church is situated is sometimes called Plague Park (Ruttopuisto) as more than a thousand plague victims were buried next to it in 1710.
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Photo Information
Original photo courtesy of the Finnish Heritage Agency
Photographer: Eugen Hoffers
Year: 1862
Link to original photo here
A current view of the same area here, courtesy of Google Street View
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