Herr Kapelmeister

Review of Porvoo church community

Very beautiful cathedral. Although Protestant, the...

Very beautiful cathedral. Although Protestant, there is still a bust of Marie inside. There is a statue of Tsar Alexander, at that time allied with Napoleon (Treaty of Tilsit) against Sweden. This reminds us that Porvoo saw the birth of an autonomous Finland from Sweden (but attached to Russia) after negotiations in 1809. The independence of Finland dates from 1917.