Kotka Sculpture Promenade Brochure

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CITY HALL OF KOTKA – CHURCH OF KOTKA 750 m

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(Boys of Kotka), Essi Renvall, 1951, stands in front of the City Hall of Kotka 1 E. Huttunen, 1934. Beside Kirkkokatu street at a corner of the

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style: the former Finnish Savings Bank 2 P. Blomstedt, 1936. The route continues past the main library, L. Heinänen and M. Enegren, 1978, and the Church of Kotka, J. Stenbäck, 1898, to an environment which

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KYMINSUU – KOLMIKULMA – KARHUNKATU 4 km

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islands of Varissaari and Kukouri. Varissaari houses a memorial to the Ruotsinsalmi battles, Henrik Bruun, 1940.

KOTKA CONCERT HALL – SAPOKKA WATER GARDEN 1.8 km National urban park

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Vuorelankulma 1927 Ahlqvist building 1878

Merikotka 1939

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Lyceum, former business college 1911

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Main Library 1978 Youth House 1898

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Heiliö building 1909–14

Old Fire Station 1898

The national urban park of Kotka is a tale of a fortress and border town which emerged River Kymijoki, and which has evolved into a multifaceted port and industrial city. The modern Kotka of lush parks cherishes the diversity of the river, seaside and archipelago

At the north end of Alvar Aalto's major work Sunila, 1936 – 1954, there are model houses 32 for families. The stepped houses 33 consisting of small apartments are some of the best-known representatives of the area. The 34 are in a

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The lookout platform 7 of the park overlooks Port Kantasatama and Maritime Centre Vellamo, Ilmari Lahdelma, 2008. The Sunila mill and residential area designed by Alvar Aalto can be seen across the bay. The oldest public building in Kotka, the Orthodox church of St Nicholas 8 Jakov Perrin, 1799–1801, is located in the Isopuisto Park. In front of the church, there is a statue depicting Maria Purpur by Juta Eskel, 1999. Maria Purpur is reputed to have saved the church from destruction by the Brits in 1855. The part of Ruotsinsalmenkatu street leading to the island of Kuusinen was renamed Juha Vainio street in 2011. At the south-western tip is a monument 9 to the sailors who died in the Ruotsinsalmi naval

26 marking the beginning of the development of Kotka. Hovi 27 Ricardo Björnberg, 1892, neo-renaissance home of the master of the local industrial empire, Captain William Ruth, is the most decorative building in Kotka. Numerous companies operate in the well-preserved modest buildings 28 beside the road leading to the current Industrial Park. The route from Kolmikulma along Sudenkatu street to Karhunkatu street shows how the local people lived in small huts and larger shingle-covered buildings 29 in the late 1800s, in semi-detached houses 30 in the 1920's and in apartment buildings 31 from the 1940s onwards.

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PALOTORNINVUORI PARK – ISLAND OF KUUSINEN 2 km

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monuments and in the buildings and park architecture, all of which are an integral part of the essence of Kotka.

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KATARIINA

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terraced house 35 and the director’s villa Kantola 36 are located in peaceful places beside the sea adjacent to the mill 37 .

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A route from the Sapokanlahti marina runs from Aquarium House Maretarium 15 Laitila Architects, 2002, along the seashore past the historic remnants of the Ruotsinsalmi fortress community (1790–1855). The route shows the idyllic Meriniemi building 16 Th. Borchardt, 1898, originally built as the residence of the manager of the Gutzeit mill. Now it houses a restaurant and yacht club. Katariina Seaside Park 17 is a 20-hectare recreational area built near the ruins 18 of the 18th-century Ruotsinsalmi fortress, also containing remnants of a 20th century oil harbour. The tip of the cape houses a playground and outdoor training equipment as well as a place for scattering the ashes of the deceased. The meditation labyrinth built in the park resembles the model of the medieval Chartres cathedral. There are a number of picnic sites; the most unusual is located right beside the sea, with a massive stone table in the shape of a sail for 50 people. The parking place contains the sculpture Graniittikalliota varten (For Granite Rock) 19 Mindaugas Navakas, 1995. The Seaside Park was awarded ELCA’s Trend Award in 2012, and the Finnish Association of Landscape Industries gave it the Environmental Structure 2012 award. The Park is part of the national urban park of Kotka extending from the open sea to the foremost rapids in the lower course of the River Kymijoki.

sculpture Portsari ja kaksonen (Bouncer and Twin) 23 Esko Heikkilä 1995. The soldiers’ cemetery on the east side of Karhulantie road is guarded by a memorial designed by Hilding Ekelund and Viktor Jansson. On the hill is the Church of Kymi 24 C.L. Engel, 1850. The old cemetery 25 was introduced in 1729 and is full of local history and monuments of local families and distinguished people.

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Emil Wikström’s Tukinuittaja (Log Floater) in the Riverside Park beside the former timber floating channel

information on the buildings in front of the library. Next to the library is a monument to Toivo Pekkanen 3 Tahdon voima (Will Power), Arvo Siikamäki, 1985, and Toivo Pekkanen’s sepulchral monument 4 Wäinö and Matti Aaltonen, 1962 is on the left side of the church. The soldiers’ cemetery houses the memorial 5 Sankareiden lepo (Heroes’ Rest), Emil Filén, 1951. A monument to those left in Karelia 6 Karjalainen Äiti (Karelian Mother), Jyrki Sailo, 1962 can be found to the right of the church.

SAPOKKA – KATARIINA SEASIDE PARK 3 km

The steel sculpture Alkulähteellä (At the Source) 21 Antti Maasalo, 2013, rises to a height of 7 meters in the middle of the fountain. The park is also home for Raimo Kuusik’s small granite animals from 2013. Emil Wikström’s Tukinuittaja (Log Floater) 22 was acquired by Kotka in 1952. It was moved to its current location in 2014, when 150 years had elapsed from the artist’s birth. A reproduction of the original plaster sculpture 1889–90 was cast in bronze by the sculptor Arttu Halonen.

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It is a good idea to get to know the two centres of Kotka on foot. The attractions and services are within a short distance from each other.

The foremost portion of the Kotka Sculpture Promenade runs past the Concert Hall 10 originally a community hall, Eliel Saarinen and Herman Gesellius, 1907. We recommend a route via the Toivo Pekkanen Park 11 and the Fuksinpuisto Park 12 with its impressive groups of azaleas and other perennials and climbing plants. A walkway leads from the park to the most renowned park in Kotka, Sapokka Water Garden 13 . Atop the impressive waterfall is Sapokan Kivikotkat (Sapokka Stone Eagles), a collection of Finnish building stones 14 .

In Karhula at the bustling market place stands the kinetic steel sculpture Viestejä ystäville (Messages to Friends) 20 Antti Maasalo, 2002. When you cross the motorway overpass and turn to Kyminlinna road, you get to the newest park in Kotka. The Riverside Park impressively

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WALKING IN KOTKANSAARI AND KARHULA

KARHULA MARKET PLACE – RIVERSIDE PARK – CHURCH OF KYMI 2.4 km

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