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By kkiv

Finnish Government Palace

I had some spare time to spend again in the center of the city today, so, of course I took a couple of photos too around the senate square while waiting my daughter from her hobby (scouting).

In the photo there's Government Palace designed by architect Carl Ludwig Engel.

http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa-valtioneuvostosta/tilat/linna/en.jsp:
"The House of the Senate. Work on building the Senate began in 1818. The building is a typical neoclassical Empire palace. The three-storey palace has a protruding centre piece with a balcony and Corinthian columns, while the protruding facades at either end of the frontage are supported by pilasters.
The Imperial Finnish Senate moved to the palace overlooking Senate Square in 1822..."

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