King's Gate
Sign in to savethumb|right|Kuninkaanportti or ( in Finnish and Swedish respectively) is the principal entrance to the Suomenlinna () fortress outside Helsinki. It is on the southernmost island of Suomenlinna, in front of the Kustaanmiekka strait, and is considered the main symbol of Suomenlinna.
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- Instance of
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- Part of
- Suomenlinna
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Helsinki
- Image
- Kings-gate-A12.jpg
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- street address
- Suomenlinna A 12
- located in/on physical feature
- Kustaanmiekka
- Commons category
- Kuninkaanportti
- inception
- 1754-00-00
- architect
- Augustin Ehrensvärd
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thumb|right|Kuninkaanportti or ( in Finnish and Swedish respectively) is the principal entrance to the Suomenlinna () fortress outside Helsinki. It is on the southernmost island of Suomenlinna, in front of the Kustaanmiekka strait, and is considered the main symbol of Suomenlinna.
The gate was constructed from 1753 to 1754 at the place where King Adolf Frederick of Sweden anchored his ship when he was coming to inspect the construction of the fortress. The name "the king's gate" comes from this event.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “King's Gate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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