The Chapel of the Sacred Heart is situated in the Kallio Region, Helsinki.
It was designed by Vilho Penttilä and inaugurated in 1906.
The chapel was built in Jugend Style (Art Nouveau) and it is full of peculiar details and even strange ornaments.
This building is clearly a Jugend piece, but nevertheless it has a strong personality of its own.
The Chapel of the Sacred Heart was the first church in this area, Kallio Church was built six years later. Today the chapel is in the normal urban street area, in the neighborhood of block of flats.
It is hard to say how many different sub-styles this building has, but there are plenty of them. Different windows, doors, corners and towers – and all kinds of ornaments.
The architect Vilho Penttilä died tragically during the Civil War.
He was suspected for hiding weapons and was shot in February 1918.
Tämä on muuten aina ollut mielestäni äärimmäisen mielenkiintoinen rakennus, jollaisia tietenkin Stadissa riittää, mutta vain osaan haluaisi todella päästä kurkkaamaan myös sisälle ja tämä on yksi niistä.
VastaaPoistaJoskus tuli tuolla poikettua 1990-luvulla. Sisätiloista ei mitään kummempia muistikuvia, mutta aina tämä talo on ollut jotenkin mystinen tuossa miljöössä missä se on.
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