In the Töölö neighborhood of Helsinki , Republic of Finland , inwards the middle of an ordinary residential foursquare , a scene from the Steven Spielberg's motion-picture demo War of the Worlds appears to survive unfolding. H5N1 giant alien auto has but woken upward from deep sleep in addition to is pushing its agency out of the Earth , where it had been lying dormant for millenniums. H5N1 gigantic hole has cracked opened upward on the bedrock in addition to the enormous dome of the alien robot is but visible inwards a higher house the ground. While the motion-picture demo , based on H.G. Wells classic past times the same mention , is a travel of fiction , the matter hither inwards Helsinki is alone real. But this mysterious subterranean animate beingness is non a killing machine. On the reverse , it’s a house of worship , a church.
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The Temppeliaukio Church , unremarkably known every bit the Rock Church , is excavated straight on to the enterprise rock. The construction is barely visible from the street marking alongside only the copper dome poking out of the rock. Much of its lies clandestine , bathed inwards natural lite that filters through the skylight surrounding the midpoint copper dome. H5N1 thick rocky wall surrounds the entire structure. The crude oil , virtually unworked stone surfaces on the interior has given the church building an fantabulous acoustic lineament making it a pop venue for concerts.
Designed past times architects in addition to brothers Timo in addition to Tuomo Suomalainen in addition to opened inwards 1969 , the Temppeliaukio church building is i of the virtually pop tourist attractions inwards the metropolis , visited past times one-half a i 1000 m people annually.
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