Pallastunturi

Autumn view towards Pallastunturi

Pallastunturi is a group of seven fells in the municipalities of Muonio and Enontekiö in Lapland, Finland. The highest peak is 809-metre (2,654 ft) Taivaskero, which is also highest peak of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park and whole Lapland excluding Käsivarsi area.[1]

The fells are located in the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, which was originally established in 1938. Pallastunturi fells are one of the 27 National landscapes of Finland.[2]

The Pallastunturi Hotel was built near the fells in 1938. This Functionalist style building was destroyed by German troops during the Lapland War in October 1944. A replacement hotel was opened 1948.[3]

1952 Olympic flame

Main article: 1952 Summer Olympics torch relay

A second Olympic flame of the 1952 Summer Olympics was lit on the top of Taivaskero fell in the midnight of 6 July 1952. It was lit by the rays of Midnight sun and carried to Tornio, where it was merged with the main flame lit in Olympia, Greece.[4][3] The Greek flame was flown from Greece to Denmark, then carried by runners on a torch relay via Sweden to Finland.[5]

Gallery

Pallas from NE spring 2017. Pallas from NE early summer 2017. Pallas from Levi Pallas from Levi Taivaskero and Pyhäkero peaks of Pallastunturi on a winter morning Memorial of the 1952 Olympic flame on top of Taivaskero

References

1. Sights around Pallastunturi Fell Outdoors.fi. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
2. Meaningful National Landscape.
3. Pallas Lapland Hotels. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
4. "Torch Relay 1952". Olympic Games Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. "Helsinki 1952 Torch Relay". Olympic.org. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

• Pallas-Yllästunturi National Parks Official Website

• Media related to Pallastunturi at Wikimedia Commons

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