WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Rantasalmi, Rantasalmen sankarihautausmaa

Rantasalmi

Period
1922
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 314 graves. Memorial designed by Ilmari Wirkkala / Tapio Wirkkala + Kaija-Leena Hänninen. Unveiled 1961+2001.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”Sankariristi + Petäjäsaaren muistomerkki”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Kirkkotie 3, 58900 Rantasalmi. Muistopaikka. Käyttäydy kunnioittavasti ja noudata alueen omia ohjeita.

Related photographs

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Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

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Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)