Sibelius Monument (Helsinki, Finland) - description, history, location, reviews, Google Maps and photos.
The Sibelius Monument in Helsinki is considered one of the most remarkable monuments. This composer is very famous and made a great contribution to the development of European music. Despite the fact that the musician and composer was born into a military family in a small Finnish village, his talent was immediately considered. Finns always have long and difficult to pronounce names, so tourists call Johann-Julius-Christian simply Jan.
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Description
It was erected in 1967, just a decade after the death of the great composer. Eila Hiltunen, a famous sculptor, was a talented girl and decided to create something majestic and unusual. It is an ensemble of more than 600 pipes of different pancakes and diameters. The smallest is twice the height of a person. It is located in a park area. Art lovers thought that the monument turned out to be too pretentious, but tourists consider it, on the contrary, to be an advantage of the construction.
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The bronze trumpets were recognized as an innovation of the talented sculptor, and the bust looks impressive. Art connoisseurs are sure that if Eila had made a full-length figure, she would not have looked so interesting. The most unique thing about this design is that during a strong wind, air flows into the pipes and music sounds. Tourists come there especially in inclement weather to hear these unique sounds. If you stand directly under the monument, it seems that an unusual spaceship is hanging over you.
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History
The Sibelius Monument in Helsinki is located in a park named after the composer. The park zone received this name during the musician's lifetime. Moreover, in order to get the opportunity to make a monument to the famous composer, a competition was announced, which was just won by Eila Hiltunen. Sibelius left a great legacy for generations in the form of immortal works. On account of this musician, seven symphonies and musical poems.
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Practical Information
Address: Helsinki, Sibeliuksen puisto, Mechelininkatu, 00250, Sibelius Park.
How to get there: by buses No. 14, 18, 18N, 39, 39B to the stop. Kivelan sairaala, trams No. 2, 8 to the stop. Toolontori or No. 2, 4 to the stop. Ooppera.