Protected building

Lapin lääninvirastotalo ja Valtakadun asuintalot

Rovaniemi

About this site

The administrative building of the Provincial Government of Lapland was completed in 1947 to replace its predecessor destroyed in the war. The complex is an integral part of the reconstruction of Rovaniemi and of the expansion of the growing regional administration in Lapland. The block forms part of the nationally significant built cultural environment of Rovaniemi's administrative and cultural centre. The former provincial government buildings are associated with a well-maintained green environment based on a park and garden plan for the block drawn up in 1951 by landscape architect Katri Luostarinen. The former governor's residence is accompanied, for instance, by a distinct enclosed garden courtyard.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish

Municipality
Rovaniemi
Heritage Agency record
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