Great Cemetery of Kuopio

Great Cemetery of Kuopio
Grave of Minna Canth
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Details
Established1867
Location
Puijo, Kuopio
CountryFinland
Coordinates62°53′53.52″N 27°40′18.48″E / 62.8982000°N 27.6718000°E / 62.8982000; 27.6718000
TypePublic
WebsiteIso hautausmaa - Kuopion seurakunnat

The Great Cemetery of Kuopio (Finnish: Kuopion Iso hautausmaa) is a large cemetery located in the Puijo district in Kuopio, Finland.[1][2] The cemetery was founded in 1867 and has been expanded several times in the 20th century.[3] The cemetery is located in the area of Kuopio Cathedral Parish and is also known as the Kuopio City Parish Cemetery. The cemetery is bordered on the south by the Kouvola–Iisalmi railway, on the west by the Blessing Chapels along Karjalankatu and the building of the Finnish Orthodox Church Museum and Ecclesiastical Government, on the north by the Highway 5, and on the east by Puijonkatu street.[1][4][2]

The cemetery has a graveyard of various faiths established in the early 20th century, in which the Eastern Orthodox population is buried; the cemetery also has a burial place for Russian soldiers – the Cossacks of Don – and a memorial chapel built for it in 1912.[3][5] Perhaps the most famous person buried in the cemetery is Minna Canth, Finnish writer and social activist.[6][7][8]

According to the Finnish Heritage Agency, the Great Cemetery and the Heroes' Park located in the center, in the Multimäki district, represent Finnish cemetery culture in a nationally significant way.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Kuopion karttapalvelu: Iso hautausmaa" (in Finnish). City of Kuopio. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Iso hautausmaa. Siunauskappelintie 3, 70110 Kuopio". kuopionseurakunnat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Kuopion Iso hautausmaa". Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish). Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ison hautausmaan opaskartta" (PDF). kuopionseurakunnat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Iso hautausmaa". Savon arkkitehtuuriopas (in Finnish). Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  6. ^ Hautausmaa kutsuu – SavoBlogit (in Finnish)
  7. ^ Maamerkkejä – Minna Canth (in Finnish)
  8. ^ Kirjailijan kintereillä: Minna Canthin Kuopio – Lukulamppu (in Finnish)