Ace Regiment Memorial
Ace Regiment Memorial is a memorial in Helsinki, Uusimaa. Ace Regiment Memorial is situated nearby to the dog park Alli Tryggin puiston opaskoira-aitaus, as well as near the community center Lymy.- Type: Memorial
- Description: Winter War memorial in Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Lion Statue”
- Inscription: “Monument commemorating the infantry regiment 11. The obelisk-like monument is sculpted of grey granite by Aarre Aaltonen, 1940.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Linnanmäki and Kallio Library.
Linnanmäki
Photo: Jyri Moisio, CC BY 3.0.
Linnanmäki is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It is the largest and most famous amusement park in Finland, and one of the most-visited in Europe.
Kallio Library
Library
Photo: BKfi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kallio Library is a public library in the Kallio district of Helsinki. The red brick building, which was designed by Karl Hård af Segerstad and finished in 1912, was the first library in Finland financed entirely by the public sector. Kallio Library is situated 130 metres northwest of Ace Regiment Memorial.
Theatre Academy Helsinki
University
The Theatre Academy is one of the three academies of the University of the Arts Helsinki and offers education in theatre and dance. It is Finland's largest education provider in its field and, with the exception of acting, the only one in the country. Theatre Academy Helsinki is situated 270 metres southeast of Ace Regiment Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kallio and Torkkelinmäki.
Kallio
Suburb
Kallio is a district and a neighbourhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, located on the eastern side of the Helsinki peninsula about one kilometre north from the city centre.
Torkkelinmäki
Quarter
Photo: Marit Henriksson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torkkelinmäki, Torkelsbacken is a central neighborhood of Kallio, Helsinki, Finland. Its boundaries are Hämeentie on the east, Helsinginkatu on the north, Kaarlenkatu on the west and Viides linja on the south.
Inner East
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Inner East comprises the parts of Helsinki east of the railway, north of Pitkäsilta, south of freeways 4 and 45 and west of Kulosaari. In this part of the city you can see districts of old wooden houses and postmodern, blocky concrete districts built as the "city districts of the future" in the 1970s.
Ace Regiment Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.18311° or 60° 10′ 59″ northLongitude
24.95576° or 24° 57′ 21″ eastInception
1940Open location code
9GG65XM4+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 269309406OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q42901682
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Ace Regiment Memorial” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Ässärykmentin muistomerkki / Jalkaväkirykmentti 11”
- Finnish: “Ässärykmentin muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Jalkaväkirykmentti 11”
- Finnish: “Leijonapatsas”
- Swedish: “Ässä-regmentets minnesmärke / JR 11”
- Swedish: “Ässregementets minnesmärke”
- Swedish: “Lejonstatyn till minne av JR 11”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alli Tryggin puiston opaskoira-aitaus and Lymy.
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