Editing Sortavala (section)

=== Architecture ===
The central part of the city consists mainly of stone 3-4-storey buildings built at the beginning of the XX century (until the 1930s). As a rule, these are buildings in the style of Northern Art Nouveau ([[Romantic nationalism|national Romanticism]]), [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassicism]], the most recent — [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]], their authors are the most famous Finnish architects [[Uno Ullberg|Uno Werner Ullberg]], [[Eliel Saarinen|Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen]], [[Johan Jacob Ahrenberg|Johan Jacob Arenberg]], etc. In addition, a large number of wooden buildings built in the middle of the XIX century, usually in the [[Empire style]], have been preserved. The most notable buildings are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Список объектов культурного наследия и выявленных объектов культурного наследия, находящихся на территории Сортавальского муниципального района |url=https://monuments.karelia.ru/ob-ekty-kul-turnogo-nasledija/spiski-ob-ektov-kul-turnogo-nasledija-po-rajonam-i-poselenijam-respubliki-karelija/sortaval-skij-r-n/ |website=monuments.karelia.ru |language=ru}}</ref>

* The building of the Bank of Finland (arch. Uno Ulberg, 1915)
* The building of the United Bank of the Nordic Countries (architect firm [[Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen|GLS]], 1905)
* Lyceum building (arch. Johan Jacob Arenberg, 1901)
* The gymnasium building (arch. Johan Jakob Arenberg, 1911)
* The administration building of the [[Orthodox Church of Finland]] and the Church of St. [[John the Apostle]] (arch. Juhani Viiste, 1935)
* The house of the merchant Siitonen (arch. Ustin).
* Wing of the Evangelical Community house
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File:Дом Леандера.JPG|"Leander's House." Arch. Eliel Saarinen
File:Sortvala - Posti.jpg|United Bank of the Nordic Countries (now the Post Office). Arch. [[Uno Ullberg|Uno Werner Ullberg]]
File:Risti ya Raamattu.jpg|The former building of the publishing house of spiritual literature Risti ja Raamattu. Arch. Vyane Leander
File:Sortvala - Pankki.jpg|The former Finnish Bank (now the Bank of Russia). Arch. Uno Werner Ulberg
File:Sortavala - Gimnazia2.jpg|Former women's gymnasium. Arch. Johan Jakob Arenberg
File:Sortavala - Gimnazia.jpg|Former women's Gymnasium
File:Sortavala - ortodoksinen kirkko.jpg|St. Nicholas Church. Arch. Nikolay Grebenka
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