Per Brahe Statue
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The Per Brahe statue is a monument of the general governor of Finland
and first chancellor of the Academy of Turku, located in Brahenpuisto in Turku
, Finland. It was designed by Walter Runeberg and revealed in 1888.
The statue is made of bronze
and stands 2.95 metres high. The base is made of red granite
, standing 4 metres high. The base has the Swedish
text Iagh war med landett och landett med mig wääl tillfreds ("I was satisfied with my country and my country satisfied with me").
Runeberg had made one statue for the base built for Brahenpuisto, but it was too small, so this was sold to Raahe
, which was placed in Pekkatori in the city centre. Runeberg sculpted the one seen in Turku the same year.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and first chancellor of the Academy of Turku, located in Brahenpuisto in Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
, Finland. It was designed by Walter Runeberg and revealed in 1888.
The statue is made of bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
and stands 2.95 metres high. The base is made of red granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
, standing 4 metres high. The base has the Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
text Iagh war med landett och landett med mig wääl tillfreds ("I was satisfied with my country and my country satisfied with me").
Runeberg had made one statue for the base built for Brahenpuisto, but it was too small, so this was sold to Raahe
Raahe
Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,...
, which was placed in Pekkatori in the city centre. Runeberg sculpted the one seen in Turku the same year.