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Finland. Helsinki. The torchbearer lamps. Two of the four monumental granite sculptures in Finnish romantic style, designed in 1904 by architect Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950) and built between 1910-1914, by sculptor Emil Wikstrom (1864-1942). They decorate the southern entrance to the Central Railway Station and hold balloons light up at night that represent the light of the world.
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Caption:
Finland. Helsinki. The torchbearer lamps. Two of the four monumental granite sculptures in Finnish romantic style, designed in 1904 by architect Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950) and built between 1910-1914, by sculptor Emil Wikstrom (1864-1942). They decorate the southern entrance to the Central Railway Station and hold balloons light up at night that represent the light of the world.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
2945 x 4134 px | 34.8 MB
Print size:
24.9 x 35.0 cm | 9.8 x 13.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1910-1914 • 1914 • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • AEROSTAT • ARCHITECTURE • ART NOUVEAU • ART • ARTIST • ARTISTE • ARTS • CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION • COLOSSAL STATUE • COLOSSAL • CONTEMPORARY AGE • CULT • EMIL WIKSTROM • ESCULTOR • EUROPE • EXTERIOR • EXTERNAL • FACADE • FINLAND • FINNISH ROMANTIC STYLE • FINNISH • GOTTLIEB ELIEL SAARINEN • GRANITE • HELSINKI • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HOLD • HOLDING HAND • HOLDING • LAMP • LAMPS • LEGEND • LIGHT OF THE WORLD • LIGHT • MALES • MAN MEN • MEN • MODERN STYLE • MODERNISM • MODERNIST • MONUMENTAL • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NORDIC COUNTRY • OUTER • RITE • RITUAL • ROMANTIC • ROMANTICISM • SCULPTED • SCULPTOR • SCULPTURE • STATUE • STATUES • STYLE • TORCHBEARER LAMPS, THE • TORCHBEARER • TWENTIETH CENTURY • WATER • WORK • WORKING
