The Kuopio Governor Palace or State Provincial Office of Kuopio () is a former government building in

Kuopio Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...

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, located in the Väinölänniemi district on the Hallituskatu street in the immediate vicinity of Kuopionlahti and Väinölänniemi parks. It was designed by architect Konstantin Kiseleff, who completed the building plan in 1882. The staff of the Administrative Board of the Kuopio Province moved into the building in 1885. It represents the architectural style of the

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. The building is fully protected from both the outside and inside. The building is owned by the state-owned company Senate PropertiesKuopion lääninhallitus (Kuopio, Hallituskatu 12-14) - Senaatti
/ref> and houses the office of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland.Kuopion Lääninhallitusrakennus – Kuopiontori
(in Finnish)Stone Town Guide Kuopio
/ref> The province government was reserved for its current place on the edge of the Piispanpuisto park in the 1860 town plan. The first drawings of the house were made by the architect E. B. Lohrmann in 1865.Kuopion lääninhallitus, rakennushistoriaselvitys – Senaatti-kiinteistöt
(in Finnish) However, these, like many other later plans, did not materialize. The pomp of the building reflects the position the

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had at the time the building was completed.Matti Ojala: ''Lääninhallitus vaalii uusrenessanssin henkeä Kuopiossa'' (in Finnish). ''Projektiuutiset'', #1, 2002. In addition to the haughty main building, the complex includes single-storey buildings built on the sides, which were raised and continued later. The complex also included a large garden with gazebos that extended to the shores of the Kuopionlahti.

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Lääninhallituksen talo
at Suomen Museot Online (in Finnish) * Jorma Teppo:
Kuopion lääninhallitus
' at Senaatti-kiinteistöt (in Finnish) Buildings and structures in Kuopio Buildings and structures completed in 1885 Renaissance Revival architecture in Finland Government buildings in Finland {{Finland-struct-stub

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