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Ilvespuisto Tampere
Ilvespuisto Tampere

Liisankallio is a district of Tampere, Finland. The district, formerly known as Tammelan vainio ("Tammela Field"), is located east of the Tammela and Tulli districts. To the north is the Petsamo district, to the east are Kaleva and Kalevanrinne, to the south is Kalevanharju. When we often talk about Kaleva, we mean a larger entity formed by Liisankallio, Kaleva and Kalevanrinne.The district got its current name according to the high Liisankallio located in the area in the 1940s. The place is also called Liisanmäki, and the older name of the hill is Hällinmäki. The origin of the names is unknown. The town plan of the area was confirmed in 1940.Kaalamonaukio in the Liisankallio district is named after the architect Elis Kaalamo (1885–1946). Kaalamo was the first town plan architect in Tampere in 1929–1946.Sammonaukio in front of Kaleva Church and the Sammonkatu street, southeast of it, are associated with the Kalevala-themed names of the Liisankallio and Kaleva districts. In Finnish ancient poetry, Sampo is a wealth-producing artifact.

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Liisankallio
Sammonkatu, Tampere Liisankallio (Keskustan suuralue)

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Kalevanharju
Kalevanharju

Kalevanharju (lit. 'Kaleva Esker') is a district of Tampere, Finland. It is bordered on the north by Liisankallio, on the northeast by Kaleva, on the east by Kalevanrinne, on the south by Hatanpää, on the west by Ratina and on the northwest by Tulli. The Central Campus of the Tampere University, the Kalevankangas Cemetery and the Tampere Adult Education Center are located in Kalevanharju. On the west side of the cemetery was the State General Hospital, which had moved there from the edge of Nalkala Square in 1910. The hospital, whose main building was in the shape of the letter H, contained features of Art Nouveau and Classicism. To the north of the hospital was the Kalevanharju orphanage, founded in 1925, which included a nursery and a milk distribution station for infants. In the area south and southwest of Kalevanharju, between the Tehdaskatu street and the Viinikanoja ditch, there were several small industrial plants: the Tampere's brewery, founded in 1922, the Tampere box factory, which started operations in 1923, and the Tuotannon leipomo bakery, designed by Frans Jousi, was built in 1927. Tehdaskatu 15, on the other hand, housed Osuusliike Voima's soft drink factory from 1924 onwards.Kalevanharju also has an urban cultivation garden called Kalevanharjun yhteisöviljelmä, where the townspeople grow food plants in cultivation sacks and boxes, experimenting together. The plantation has been in operation since spring 2014 and currently includes about 60 culture sacks and boxes, which are cultivated and cared for by a team of about 15 people.

Itsenäisyydenkatu
Itsenäisyydenkatu

Itsenäisyydenkatu (literally "Independence Street") is an east–west street in the center of Tampere, Finland. It is a significant street connection in the city center of Tampere in terms of transport connections, as it leads from Tampere's railway station to the Liisankallio district in the Tammela district. On the west side of the station, the street continues as the Hämeenkatu street, at its eastern end it meets Kalevan puistokatu, branching into Teiskontie and Sammonkatu. Today, the only crossroads on Itsenäisyydenkatu with cross-street vehicle traffic is Tammelan puistokatu–Yliopistonkatu. Itsenäisyydenkatu was known from the end of the 19th century until the 1950s as the Puolimatkankatu according to the croft named Puolimatka (literally "half way") located in the area. The impetus for renaming the street was the call made by the state to the cities in 1957 to name a significant street Itsenäisyydenkatu in honor of the 40th anniversary of Finland's independence. The name change took effect in 1958.In 2017, the renovation of the street and the station tunnel began, where the cross-section of the street will be renewed for a tramway to be built in Tampere. The former bus lanes were reserved for the local light rail network so that it runs west of the intersection of Tammelan puistokatu at the south side of the street and east of the intersection in the middle of the street; due to the arrangement, the southern surface of the station tunnel had to be lowered. A bike path was built on the northern edge of the street, and all the aged piping under the street was renewed. The renovation was completed in 2019, and tram traffic will begin in 2021.