Senaatintori

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Senate Square, Helsinki: bronze Alexander II statue and lamps before the white, green-domed cathedral atop wide granite steps

From the kauppatori walk up the cobbled Sofiankatu to Senaatintori, Helsinki's majestic central square. Surrounded by early 19th-century buildings, the square was modeled after St Petersburg's. CL Engel's stately Tuomiokirkko, finished in 1852, is the square's most prominent feature and the steps are a favorite meeting place.

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