A special and well-known monument at Helsinki, Finland, is the Sibelius-monumentti. Like a fascinating arrangement of organ pipes it is standing on a rock in the Sibeliuksen puisto park, waiting to be looked at from all sights and even from underneath. Whom the work titled Passio Musicae is dedicated to can only be understood when you look to the side and find the face of Jean Sibelius.
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer who died in 1957 and he is often seen as the greatest Finnish composer of all times. His works were important for the creation of a Finnish national identity, remember that the country was until 1917 part of Russia, therefore part of Sweden. This necessity to define what is Finnish explains why there is this giant monument in the capital city.
Sibelius-monumentti
Sibeliuksen puisto
Mechelininkatu
00250 Helsinki
Finland
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