Kyminlinna
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Kyminlinna (literally, 'the castle of Kymi') is a fortress located in the northern part of island of Hovinsaari in Kotka, on the south coast of Finland. Kyminlinna is part of the South-Eastern Finland fortification system built by Russia after the Russo-Swedish War of 17881790. Kyminlinna formed the northern part of a double fortification, together with Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress, where Kyminlinna was intended to repulse land-based attacks along the King's Road.
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- Instance of
- fortification
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kotka
- Body of water
- Kymi River
- Founded by
- Alexander Suvorov
- Image
- Kyminlinna, South-western guardhouse 2.jpg
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- Kyminlinna
- located in/on physical feature
- Hovinsaari
- native label
- Kyminlinna
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Kyminlinna (literally, 'the castle of Kymi') is a fortress located in the northern part of island of Hovinsaari in Kotka, on the south coast of Finland. Kyminlinna is part of the South-Eastern Finland fortification system built by Russia after the Russo-Swedish War of 17881790. Kyminlinna formed the northern part of a double fortification, together with Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress, where Kyminlinna was intended to repulse land-based attacks along the King's Road.
== Physical description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyminlinna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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