< previous A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Å Ä Ö next > artist Tuntematon/Okänd/Unknown   sculpture Kontulan asuntoalueen perustamismuistokivi / Memorial stone to the founding of the Kontula housing es   map Corner of Porttitie and Porttikuja, Kontula, Mellunkylä   year 1964   images 1   The memorial to the founding of the Kontula housing estate, located in the Mellunkylä area of Kontula, is a rough red granite,or rapakivi, boulder to which two metal plaques, one steel and the other copper, were attached in 1964. The steel plaque contains a text commemorating the founding of the housing estate: "Tähän kiveen muurattiin Kontulan asuntoalueen perustamiskirja maaliskuun 8 päivänä 1964." (The charter of Kontula housing estate's founding was set into this stone on March 8, 1964). The copper plaque's text explains the history of the boulder: "Tämän rapakivilohkareen ovat jääkautisessa meressä uineet jäävuoret kuljettaneet Viipurin rapakivialueelta tälle paikalle." (This rapakivi boulder was brought here from the Viipuri rapakivi area by icebergs floating in the glacial sea). ©  © Helsinki City Artmuseum WWW-production: Lasipalatsin Mediakeskus Oy, Flammable Solutions Oy 2001