The Keisarinnankivi monument is located at the Helsinki Market Square in front of the embassy of Sweden. The monument, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, is the oldest public monument in Helsinki. It commemorated the first visit to Helsinki by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Emperor of Russia Nicholas I. The monument was erected at the spot where the imperial couple stepped ashore from their steamship. The monument is an obelisk made of red granite, topped with a gilded bronze sphere. On top of the sphere is the symbol of Imperial Russia, a double-headed eagle.
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