Finland · 18th century
The Svartholm fortress (Finnish: Svartholman merilinnoitus; Swedish: Svartholms fästning) was built between 1749 and 1764 outside Loviisa in Southern Finland by Augustin Ehrensvärd. The fortress, which lies at the mouth of the Bay of Loviisa, along with the planned land fortress at Loviisa, would have prevented invading Russian forces from entering what was then Swedish territory in present-day Finland.
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Svartholm Fortress ranks #1,978 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 27 mapped in Finland. Founded 1764, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,190 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Helsinki, 79 km away. See how Finland compares in the castle statistics.
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