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Alvar Aalto: Lakeuden Risti Church

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From Jackie Craven, About.com

Known as Cross of the Plain, the Lakeuden Risti Church is at the heart of Alvar Aalto's famous town center in Seinajoki, Finland.
Seinajoki, Finland

Lakeuden Risti Church in Seinajoki, Finland, by architect Alvar Aalto

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Lakeuden Risti church (also known as Cross of the Plain) is part of an Administrative and Cultural Center that Alvar Aalto designed for Seinajoki, Finland. The Center also includes the Town Hall, the City and Regional Library, the Congregational Center, the State Office Building, and the City Theater.

The cross-shaped bell tower of Lakeuden Risti rises 65 meters above the town. At the base of the tower is Aalto's scultpure, At the Well of Life.

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