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Fortress of Suomenlinna

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Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Fortress of Suomenlinna
Phone:
+358 29 5338410

Address:
Suomenlinna C1, Helsinki, Finland

Suomenlinna , or Sveaborg , literal translation in Finnish is Castle of Finland and in Swedish Castle of Sweden is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands and which now forms part of the city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with tourists and locals, who enjoy it as a picturesque picnic site. Originally named Sveaborg , or Viapori as called by Finnish-speaking Finns, it was renamed in Finnish to Suomenlinna in 1918 for patriotic and nationalistic reasons, though it is still known by its original name in Sweden and by Swedish-speaking Finns. The Swedish crown commenced the construction of the fortress in 1748 as protection against Russian expansionism. The general responsibility for the fortification work was given to Augustin Ehrensvärd. The original plan of the bastion fortress was strongly influenced by the ideas of Vauban, the foremost military engineer of the time, and the principles of star fort style of fortification, albeit adapted to a group of rocky islands. In addition to the island fortress itself, seafacing fortifications on the mainland would ensure that an enemy would not acquire a beach-head from which to stage attacks. The plan was also to stock munitions for the whole Finnish contingent of the Swedish Army and Royal Swedish Navy there. In the Finnish War the fortress surrendered to Russia on May 3, 1808, paving the way for the occupation of Finland by Russian forces in 1809.
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