Helsinki Cathedral is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral of the city,
Helsinki Cathedral is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral of the city, located in Senate square in Kruununhaka, a neighbourhood in the centre of Helsinki. The cathedral was built as a tribute to Tsar Nicholas I Of Russia, the Grand Duke of Finland. The building started in 1830 and was finished in 1852, until the independence of Finland in 1917 it was known as St Nicholas’s church. The cathedral is possibly the most famous structure in the country and a major landmark of Helsinki.
Designed by architect Carl Ludvig Engel, the church has a distinctive green dome which is surrounded by four smaller domes that make up the heart of the neoclassical-styled building. The cathedral square consists of several buildings, all designed by the same architect.