"Mortuis" memorial commemorating the Vallisaari explosion of 1937

The obelisk stone memorial was designed by architect Elsi Borg.

"Mortuis" (meaning: For the dead, for the fallen) was erected on Suomenlinna in memory of the many victims of various disasters. The memorial is engraved with the years 1808, 1855, 1906, 1917, 1918, 1937 and was placed at the burial place of the victims of the Vallisaari explosion at the east side of Piiperi park.

The years engraved ...