Sori Square

The Sori Square (Finnish: Sorin aukio) is a square located in the center of Tampere, Finland, in the southern part of the Kyttälä district. It is located in the area bounded by the Hatanpää Highway, Suvantokatu, Tuomiokirkonkatu and Vuolteenkatu.^[1]^[2] At the eastern end of the square is the Tampere Orthodox Church from 1898.^[3]^[4] There is a terminus at Tampere Tram Line 1 on the west side.^[5]^[6]

The square was built in the 1980s, and its artistic composition was by sculptor Harry Kivijärvi. In the square is his 10-meter sculpture called Pirkka. Kivijärvi has also designed the area's lamps, benches and trash bins, as well as a mosaic-decorated water basin in the northern corner of the square. The work was completed in the autumn of 1987.^[7]^[8]^[9]

The name of Sori Square was marked in the town plan in 1985. It is based on the old place name Sorinahde; the hill that rises from Ratina towards Kalevankangas has been called Sorinahde, and the square is located in the middle of the hill.^[7]^[10]^[11]

References

^ "Keskustan kaupunginosien katutilan kehittäminen". Tampereen keskustan liikenneosayleiskaava (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. 2003. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ "Tampereen ajantasa-asemakaava". Avoindata (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ Jari Niemelä (2006). Tiilestä tehty Tampere: Punatiilirakennuksia eilen, tänään ja huomenna (in Finnish). Tampere: The Tampere Society (Tampere-Seura). p. 154. ISBN 952-5558-01-0.
^ Tampereen kantakaupungin rakennuskulttuuri 1998 (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampereen kaupungin kaavoitusyksikkö. 1998. p. 171. ISBN 951-609-076-1.
^ Mansikka, Heli (February 11, 2021). "Tampereen ratikan Hatanpään pisto valmistuu etuajassa – ratikalla pääsee myös linja-autoasemalle heti liikenteen käynnistyessä elokuussa". YLE (in Finnish). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ Rautanen, Sari (August 8, 2021). "Linjan 1 ratikka teki sunnuntaina neitsytmatkan ja tarjosi heti kyydissä oleville yllätyksen: "Ihan kuin olisi vuoristoradassa"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Jari Niemelä (2008). Tamperelaisen Tiedon Portaat: Tampereen asiat aasta yyhyn (in Finnish). Tampere: The Tampere Society (Tampere-Seura). p. 181. ISBN 978-952-5558-05-0.
^ "Kivijärven veistos palaa Sorin aukiolle". YLE (in Finnish). June 26, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ "Harry Kivijärvi". Julkiset veistokset ja monumentit Tampereella (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. 2006. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ Maija Louhivaara (1999). Tampereen kadunnimet (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampere Museums. p. 84. ISBN 951-609-105-9.
^ Tuomasjukka, Tuukka; Keinänen, Milja (September 6, 2017). "Sotakenttä Sori, boheemi Pispala ja kaupungin ruusupuisto – Kokosimme tutkimisen arvoisia paikkoja ja tarinoita niiden takana". Aviisi (in Finnish). Retrieved August 10, 2021.