Marine Park ( Fin. Meripuisto ) - a large park and museum area in the city of Kemi , Finland .
| Sight | |
| Marine park | |
|---|---|
| fin. Meripuisto | |
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| A country |  Finland |
| Location | Kemi |
History
The area for the park zone was reserved in the first urban plan of Kemi in 1869 by the architect L.I. Lindquist. However, the area remained largely occupied by natural forests and quarries until 1893. This year, at the highest point of the park, a park pavilion was designed by architect Waldemar Vilenius. The restoration of the park probably began at the same time. Until the pavilion was built, the area was known as Beach Park , and after the pavilion was completed, the park was named Pavilion Park . The name of the Marine Park appeared much later. The pavilion for a long time worked as a city office building. [one]
The museum area, located in the coastal part of the park, was founded in the early 1950s, when the Kemi Regional and Museum Association moved the old buildings from the Kemiyoki quarry. In the late 1960s, the old customs buildings of Kemi from the inner harbor were moved near the park. [2]
In the 1960s, the City Cultural Center was designed for the Marine Park. In a statement by Professor Esko Järventaus for the Urban Planning Commission in 1965, Meripuisto hoped to avoid further construction in the park. As a result, the building of the cultural center was built elsewhere. [3]
From 1996 to 2016, an ice hotel called Snow Castle was built annually near the park.
Marine park at night
Song festival
Notes
- ↑ Teerijoki, Niilo: Kehittyvää Kemiä, s. 37-38. Kemin Kotiseutu- ja museoyhdistyksen julkaisu. Kemi: Pohjolan Sanomat Oy, 1963.
- ↑ Ossi Hedman: Kemin kaupungin historia. 2. osa, s. 301-303. Kemi: Pohjolan Sanomat Oy, 1976. ISBN 951-99060-1-0 .
- ↑ Järventaus, Esko: Jatuli X. Kemin kulttuurihistoriallisesti huomattavat rakennukset, s. 143-145.147. Kemi: Kemin Kotiseutu-ja museoyhdistys, 1966.