Alexander II
Alexander II is a monumental statue located at the Senate Square in central Helsinki, Finland. The main figure in the statue depicts the Grand Duke of Finland Alexander II giving a speech at the 1863 Diet of Finland that he had assembled, wearing the uniform of an officer of the Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion.- Memorial
- …is also known as “Alexander II memorial”
- …dates from 1894
- Description: memorial of czar Alexander II of Russia in Helsinki, Finland, created in 1894
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Senate Square and Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral.
Helsinki City Museum
Museum
Helsinki City Museum is a museum in Helsinki that… Helsinki City Museum is situated 130 metres southeast of Alexander II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kluuvi and Kruununhaka.
Kaartinkaupunki
Suburb
Kaartinkaupunki is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Helsinki, Finland.
Alexander II
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Latitude
60.16951° or 60° 10′ 10″ north
Longitude
24.95227° or 24° 57′ 8″ east
Open location code
9GG65X92+RW
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historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Alexander II” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب تذكاري للإسكندر الثاني”
- Belarusian: “Помнік Аляксандру II, Хельсінкі”
- Belarusian: “Помнік Аляксандру II”
- Bulgarian: “Паметник на Александър II”
- Catalan: “Alexandre II (estàtua a Helsinki)”
- Catalan: “Alexandre II”
- Chinese: “赫尔辛基大教堂”
- Esperanto: “Monumento al Aleksandro la Dua de Rusio”
- Estonian: “Aleksander II ausammas”
- Estonian: “Aleksander II mälestusmärk”
- Finnish: “Aleksanteri II:n muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Aleksanteri II”
- French: “statue d’Alexandre II à Helsinki”
- French: “Statue d’Alexandre II à Helsinki”
- German: “Alexander II”
- Russian: “Памятник Александру II”
- Slovenian: “Aleksander II. (kip v Helsinkih)”
- Slovenian: “Aleksander II.”
- Swedish: “Alexander II av Ryssland, bronsstaty”
- Swedish: “Alexander II”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Олександрові II (Гельсінкі)”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Олександрові II”
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