Fortress
Kärnäkoski Fortress
🇫🇮 Finland · 18th century
Kärnäkoski Fortress is a bastion fortress in Finland located in Kärnäkoski, Savitaipale built by Russia between 1791 and 1793 to protect Saint Petersburg.
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Kärnäkoski Fortress ranks #3,323 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 18 mapped in Finland. Founded 1791, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Finland compares in the castle statistics.
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