Helsinki Cathedral’s white dome dominates Senate Square, but the square itself — laid out by Carl Ludvig Engel in the 1820s — is the real design story.
It’s the postcard image of Helsinki for a reason, and reads very differently once you know what you’re looking at beyond ‘big white church.’
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