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Veijo Rönkkönen's sculpture park

Finland / Etela-Karjala / Parikkala /
 park, sculpture, tourist attraction

Fin.: Parikkalan patsaspuisto.

Park with Concrete sculpture with glassy eyes up around his house employee of the local papermill, and in combination - a self-taught sculptor, Veijo Rönkkönen (1944 - 2010), representative of "Outsider art". The first sculpture in the park came in 1961, and since then they had accumulated nearly half a millennium.

After the Rönkkönen's death park bought the Finnish manufacturer Reino Uusitalo of 140.000 EUR. Each summer the park visit 20 - 30 thousand people. Admission is free. Powered grill kiosk, there is car parking.

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Coordinates:   61°29'0"N   29°28'56"E
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