Suomenlinna sea fortress

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site maritime fortification sea fortress

Suomenlinna sea fortress is a historic 18th-century maritime fortification built on a group of islands off Helsinki, Finland, and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Suomenlinna 0
Suomenlinna Museum 1
Sveaborg 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
maritime fortification ⓘ
sea fortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Suomenlinna sea fortress ⓘ
surface form: Sveaborg fortress

Viapori ⓘ
architect Augustin Ehrensvärd ⓘ
builtBy Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
builtInCentury 18th century ⓘ
constructionStart 1748 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
currentUse museum area ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
governingBody Governing Body of Suomenlinna ⓘ
hasFeature bastion fortifications ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
dry dock ⓘ
ramparts and walls ⓘ
underground tunnels ⓘ
hasMuseum Finnish war museums ⓘ
surface form: Military Museum of Finland (Suomenlinna locations)

Submarine Vesikko ⓘ
Suomenlinna sea fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Suomenlinna Museum
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageSiteSince 1991 ⓘ
inception 1748 ⓘ
laterControlledBy Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Finland

Russian Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Helsinki ⓘ
locatedInArchipelago Suomenlinna islands ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki archipelago
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Finland ⓘ
locatedOn Suomenlinna islands ⓘ
group of islands ⓘ
militaryBranch Swedish Navy ⓘ
namedAfter Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finland (Suomi)
originalName Suomenlinna sea fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sveaborg
partOf Finnish national landscapes ⓘ
defence system of the Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
reachableBy ferry ⓘ
reachableFrom Market Square, Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki Market Square
significantEvent Siege of Sveaborg (1808) ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 583 ⓘ
usedFor coastal defence ⓘ
garrison ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
visitorCount over 1,000,000 visitors per year ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suomenlinna sea fortress → alsoKnownAs → Suomenlinna sea fortress ⓘ
subject surface form: Suomenlinna
this entity surface form: Sveaborg fortress
Helsinki → hasLandmark → Suomenlinna sea fortress ⓘ
Suomenlinna sea fortress → hasMuseum → Suomenlinna sea fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Suomenlinna
this entity surface form: Suomenlinna Museum
Suomenlinna sea fortress → originalName → Suomenlinna sea fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Suomenlinna
this entity surface form: Sveaborg