Monumento
Väinämöinen in St. Nicholas Gorge
- Lun
- 09:00–18:00
- Mar
- 09:00–18:00
- Mer
- 09:00–18:00
- Gio
- 09:00–18:00
- Ven
- 09:00–18:00
- Sab
- 09:00–18:00
- Dom
- 09:00–18:00
- Orari
- From October 1 to April 30, entry is open until 18:00; from 18:00 to 20:00 the park is exit-only. The eco-route closes at 17:00.
- Prezzo
- Adults — RUB 500; ages 16–18 and pensioners — RUB 250; foreign visitors over 16 — RUB 1,000; under 16 — free.
- Come visitare
- The park area is entered through the central gate. Animals are not allowed; professional photography and filming for commercial purposes require permission from the administration.
- Orari
- Serve il biglietto
- Orari
- Circa 15 min
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Perché vale la deviazione
The first statue placed here in 1831 predated publication of the first Kalevala collection by four years, so its sculptor imagined the rune-singer as a classical hero with a Roman tunic and lyre-like instrument. Vandals destroyed it in 1871; Johannes Takanen's replacement was lost during the Second World War, and the present figure was reconstructed from photographs in 2007.
Väinämöinen in St. Nicholas Gorge is a monument commemorating the legendary rune-singer from the Finnish epic Kalevala. The current statue, reconstructed in 2007, stands as a testament to the site's historical significance and artistic heritage.
Le persone legate a questo indirizzo
Legami documentati, non aneddoti da rotocalco.
Gotthelf Borup
He made the pioneering 1831 statue before the Kalevala had established a familiar visual image of Väinämöinen.
Johannes Takanen
He sculpted the more recognizably Finnish replacement installed in 1873.
Konstantin Bobkov
He reconstructed the current statue from surviving photographs in 2007.
Che cosa c’è nei paraggi
I luoghi raccontati più vicini, con la distanza in linea d’aria da qui.
50 m
Grotto of Wishes
This supposedly perilous cave is only about two steps deep, a deliberate joke in a landscape otherwise devoted to melancholy and reflection. Local tradition promises that a wish made inside will come true, and the tiny passage theatrically reveals one of the park's most dramatic rocky scenes.
100 m
Hermit's Hut
This rustic birch-log hut embodied the late-18th-century fashion for staged solitude, complete with biblical pictures and a wooden bell. Some European estates even employed people to impersonate hermits, while Monrepos family correspondence called this retreat simply "Solitude," blurring sincere contemplation and aristocratic theater.
250 m
Narcissus Spring
Ludwig Nicolay turned an older belief that the spring cured eye ailments into the tale of the nymph Silmia, whose waters restored the sight of her lovesick shepherd Lars. Anna Kern praised its exceptionally cold, clear water after visiting in 1829 with Mikhail Glinka and Anton Delvig; wartime and later construction damage disrupted the spring, which flowed properly again after the 2017–2022 restoration.
300 m
Ludwigstein
A rocky necropolis island in the Mon Repos Park, known for its neo-Gothic chapel and historical significance.
450 m
Temple of Neptune
The pavilion began as Nicolay's Temple of Piety, containing a figure of the Roman goddess Pietas with a child; only later did a statue of Neptune move inside and give it its present name. The decayed original was dismantled in 1948, a 1999 reconstruction burned in 2011, and the temple was recreated yet again in 2018.
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Percorrilo con le storie
Questo indirizzo è una tappa fra tante. I nostri itinerari e le quest le collegano in una passeggiata che funziona sul posto.