Fortress of Suomenlinna

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English: Suomenlinna, (Sveaborg in Swedish, until 1918 Viapori in Finnish), is a fortress in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands. The building was started in 1748. Building the fortress became a life's work for Augustin Ehrensvärd, Swedish military architect and a lieutenant colonel in the artillery. Augustin Ehrensvärd was also a painter.

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[edit] Maps

Map of Sveaborg at the 1790s

Suomenlinna during The Finnish War (1808-1809)

[edit] Views

Suomenlinna seen from a ferry

Merisotakoulu - Finnish Naval Academy in an autumn morning

Panorama

Panorama in August 2006

Tykistölahti

Part of the wall

A tiny beach in Susisaari

The bridge from Iso Mustasaari to Pikku Mustasaari

A park and some homes near Piperin puisto

A view in April 2005

[edit] Kustaanmiekka

Walls in Kustaanmiekka

A view to the south from the west coast of Kustaanmiekka

[edit] Kuninkaanportti

Kuninkaanportti - King's Gate

Inscription on the wall of King's Gate

Inscription on the wall of King's Gate

[edit] Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710-1772)

Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710-1772) - Painting in Helsinki City Museum

Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd

Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave in Suomenlinna

Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave

Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave

[edit] Museums

Rannikkotykistömuseo - Coastal Artillery Museum and Russian 6 inch 200 pood siege gun model 1904

Finnish submarine Vesikko, 1933-1946.

[edit] Artillery

An old cannon

Russian coastal artillery gun manufactured in 1909

Russian coastal artillery gun

Russian coastal artillery gun

Russian coastal artillery guns

Russian 152 mm mortar M1867

Russian 152 mm /35 gun M1877 (produced in 1889)

Swedish Bofors M1927 76 mm anti-aircraft gun (WW II)

Imperial Russian Torpedo boat Sveaborg

Imperial Russian battleship Tsesarevich in Helsingfors, 1914-1917

[edit] Buildings

Suomenlinna Church

An old house in Susisaari

[edit] Boats

Ferry Suomenlinna II

M/S Suomenlinna-Sveaborg

The ferry Tor

Götheborg visiting Suomenlinna in Helsinki June 2008

Götheborg visiting Suomenlinna in Helsinki June 2008

Götheborg visiting Suomenlinna in Helsinki June 2008

[edit] Happenings

[edit] Suomenlinna in Art

A drawing by Peter Krapotkin (1876) showing Skanslandet at Sveaborg fortress

Suomenlinna / Sveaborg. Picture from year 1856 by L. Morel-Fatio

Construction works at the galley dock by Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710-1772), Helsinki City Museum

The Galley docks of Suomenlinna fortress during the construction

View over Sveaborg, painting by Augustin Ehrensvärd
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