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| • | The Presidential Palace in Helsinki (in Finnish Presidentinlinna; in Swedish Presidentens slott), is the official residence in Helsinki of the President of the Republic of Finland.
At the beginning of 19th century a salt storehouse stood on the site.Johan Henrik Heidenstrauch, then one of the elite of Helsinki's merchants, purchased the entire lot and erected between 1816-1820 a stately residence designed by architect Pehr Granstedt. Heidenstrauch House, with its two wings, more resembled a palace than a merchants house. In 1837 it actually became a palace when it was purchased for the price of 170 000 roubles to be converted into the Tsar of Russia/Grand Duke of Finland's Imperial Palace in Helsinki.
The necessary rebuilding and furnishing work, carried out between 1843 and 1845, was directed by architect Carl Ludvig Engel, the creator of neoclassical Helsinki and, after his death, by his son, Carl Alexander. All the timber storehouses behind were torn down and a new wing added. This wing, built along the north of the courtyard, contained on the second floor the chapel (the present library), ballroom, banquet hall in direct connection with the earlier reception floor of the main building, as well as a kitchen.
The Palace was completed in 1845, though repairs had to be made from time to time as mostly it stood empty and was not regularly heated. It was visited for the first time by a member of the Imperial family as late as February 1854 when the Tsar's younger son, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, stayed there for a month. His brother Nicholas stayed there in June the following year. During Alexander II's reign the Palace had its most brilliant time. He visited the city three times (1856, 1863, and 1876), staying on each occasion at the Palace. In 1863 the Diet of Finland was opened by Alexander II in the Great Ballroom. The Ballroom was accordingly converted into a throne-room, with the imperial throne in the background.
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Source: [wikipedia: presidential palace, helsinki]
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