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The monument weighs 24 tonnes (24 long tons; 26 short tons) and measures 8.5 by 10.5 by 6.5 metres (28 ft × 34 ft × 21 ft). Hiltunen's aim was to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius. A smaller version of the monument, Homage to Sibelius , is located at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris . [ 3 ]
Sibelius monument (Sibelius-monumentti) 1967: The Sibelius Monument by Eila Hiltunen is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). The monument is located at the Sibelius Park in the district of Töölö. Three Smiths Statue (Kolmen sepän patsas) 1932
The main facade and entrance of the Museum The Sibelius Museum ( Finnish : Sibelius-museo , Swedish : Sibeliusmuseum ) [ 1 ] is a museum of music, named after the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius . The museum is located close to Turku Cathedral in the historical city centre of Turku on the southwest coast of Finland .
Market Square in July. The Market Square (Finnish: Kauppatori, Swedish: Salutorget) is a central square in Helsinki, Finland. [1] It is located in central Helsinki, at the eastern end of Esplanadi and bordering the Baltic Sea to the south and Katajanokka to the east.
The museum's entrance hall ceiling has ceiling frescoes in the national epic Kalevala theme, painted by Akseli Gallén-Kallela, which can be seen without an entrance fee. The frescoes, painted in 1928, are based on the frescoes painted by Gallén-Kallela in the Finnish Pavilion of the Paris World Fair in 1900.
Daily life in Ainola was documented by Sibelius's private secretary Santeri Levas in the 1945 photographic book Jean Sibelius and His Home. Buildings around Ainola include a sauna building and a shed. Sibelius died in Ainola on September 20, 1957. His wife Aino lived in Ainola for the next twelve years until she died on June 8, 1969.
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In the 17th and 18th-centuries, the site was the location of a graveyard. [2] In 1812, Senate Square was designated as the main square for the new capital of Helsinki in the city plan designed by Johan Albrecht Ehrenström. [3] The Palace of the Council of State (or Government Palace) was completed on the eastern side of Senate Square in 1822.