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Facade decoration of Ateneum / Ateneumin julkisivuveistokset

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The Ateneum building, designed by architect Theodor Höijer, was completed in 1887. It was originally built for the art schools and collections of the Fine Arts Association of Finland and the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design. The inscription "Concordia res parvae crescunt" (Small things grow in harmony) on the facade refers to the coexistence of the fine and the applied arts in the same buildin ...

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Ateneum, Kaivokatu 2, Kluuvi
00100 Helsinki

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Updated: 2/5/2026