The King’s Gate in Suomenlinna

A photo of a triangular square with a staircase and a gate closed by a drawbridge in the middle.

The King’s Gate in Suomenlinna. The year when the construction of the fortress began (1748) is engraved to the left of the gate but the year the fortress was completed was not engraved because Russia occupied it when it was still incomplete.

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Turning Helsinki into a fortified city

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Helsinki City Museum / Ilari Järvinen

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Järvinen Ilari Museokuva

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