Taavetti Fortress

Taavetti Fortress (Finnish: Taavetin linnoitus), is a fortress located in Taavetti in the municipality of Luumäki in Finland.

Taavetti Fortress was built at a strategically important road junction at the southern end of the Salpausselkä. The walls of the fortress give it an almost circular shape.This Fortress is part of the southeastern Finnish fortification system built by Russia after the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790.

During the first phase of construction which extends from 1773 to 1781, a fortress is built consisting of ramparts, measuring approximately 650 x 800 meters. During the second phase of construction from 1791 to 1796, the interior buildings of the fortress were raised. Military use of the fortress ceased in 1803 before the war in Finland.

The ruins of the fortress were restored in the 1980s and open-air events are held here.

The Finnish Heritage Agency has listed Taavetti Fortress as a Built Cultural Site of National Interest in Finland.

Text adapted from “Taavetti Fortress” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Taavetti Fortress ranks #4,778 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 27 mapped in Finland. Founded 1788, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,493 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. See how Finland compares in the castle statistics.

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