Carl Ludvig Engel
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Other names: Johann Carl Ludwig Engel
Job / Known for: Architect of Helsinki's monumental centre
Left traces: Senate Square and its surrounding buildings
Born
Date: 1778-07-03
Location: DE Charlottenburg, Berlin, Prussia
Died
Date: 1840-05-14 (aged 62)
Resting place: FI
Death Cause: Stroke
Family
Spouse: Charlotte Fredrika Engel (née Rönnqvist)
Children: Gustaf Adolf Engel, Johan Fredrik Engel, Carl Ludvig Engel Jr., Charlotte Engel, Emilie Engel, Alexander Engel, and Albert Engel.
Parent(s): Johann Joachim Engel and Anna Catharina Engel (née Schmid)
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Carl Ludvig Engel was born in 1778 in Charlottenburg, Berlin, into a family of bricklayers. He trained at the Berlin Institute of Architecture and then served in the Prussian building administration. He travelled to Estonia, Finland, and Russia in search of work and eventually settled in Helsinki in 1816. He was appointed architect of the reconstruction committee for Helsinki and later head of the Intendant's Office, responsible for all state-funded building in Finland. He designed most of the buildings around the capital's monumental centre, the Senate Square and the buildings surrounding it, such as the Helsinki Cathedral, the Palace of the Council of State, the City Hall, and the main building of Helsinki University. He also designed many other public and private buildings throughout Finland, such as churches, manors, town halls, and schools. He was influenced by neoclassical and Empire styles and created a coherent and elegant architecture that reflected the aspirations of the Grand Duchy of Finland under Russian rule. He died in 1840 after suffering a stroke and was buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. He is widely regarded as one of the most important architects in Finnish history and a key figure in shaping the identity of Helsinki as a European capital.
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