{"id":1119,"date":"2017-08-30T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2017-08-30T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T04:55:09","slug":"the-relatively-new-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1119","title":{"rendered":"The (relatively) new capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talinn, Riga, and Vilnius have been settlements since time immemorial and have been capitals since their larger political units were founded in the 13th\/14th centuries, and vied for the position of the 3rd largest city in 18th century Russia. In contrast, Helsinki wasn&#8217;t even chartered until 1550.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1120\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3129-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3129-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3129-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3129-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3129-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At the height of the construction in Sveaborg, the fortress had a population of seven to eight thousand versus only two thousand for Helsinki itself.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1121\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3144-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1121\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3144-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3144-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3144-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3144-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought the House of the Estates was pretty flashy for Finnish architecture. &#8220;It was built by the Russians.&#8221;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1122\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1122\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/House-of-the-Estates-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/House-of-the-Estates-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/House-of-the-Estates-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/House-of-the-Estates-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/House-of-the-Estates-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House of the Estates<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>You can also see the difference in style between the lutheran Helsinki Cathedral&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1124\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3078-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3078-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3078-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3078-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3078-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1123\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3081_2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3081_2-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3081_2-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3081_2-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3081_2-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and the Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1129\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3093_2-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone 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