Main Guard Post - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Main Guard Post - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Main Guard Post () is a guard post building and a city block in the district of Kruununhaka in Helsinki, Finland, in connection with the Presidential Palace at Mariankatu 1. The buildings in the block mostly date from 1843.Salmi, Sara: Presidentinlinnan naapurissa on rakennus, jonka edessä seisoo aamusta iltaan kivikasvoinen vartija – Mutta miten ajan saa kulumaan, kun täytyy olla tunti hievahtamatta?, YLE 14 July 2020. Accessed on 30 June 2022. As well as the guard post building, the block includes the financial building of the Presidential building, containing offices, maintenance spaces, garages and apartments.Maaluoto, Marko: Helsingin päävartio ja tasavallan presidentin linnan talousrakennus 1757–2014. In: Vala ja velvoite: näkökulmia sotilasperinteeseen III, Society of Military Tradition 2015. . The building is most often cited as designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, but sometimes by Eduard von Anert. Read more on Wikipedia
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