Empire Town - the Emperor's Town
Nicholas I, successor to Alexander I and emperor of Russia in the reactionary age, wanted to demolish the Swedish-rule appearance of the town, and build a Russian Empire-style town in its place. Architect Carl Ludvig Engel, designer of the buildings around the Helsinki Senate Square, was appointed town planner. The plan of the Empire-style Porvoo is a modern, regular and spacious rectangular street layout with straight roads and quarters
Last modified
02.02.2012
Tanja Peisala