Door at Suomenlinna fortress

Captures from Finland, Photography

This week I found this door from my archives. I decided to add some other photos from above and around the door as well.

Suomenlinna is unique in that although it is a bastion fortress, it is irregular in shape as a result of being built on a cluster of rocky islands with highly variable terrain, requiring a very free adaptation of the theory of fortifications developed in Central Europe.

Steel door at bastion fortress

Suomenlinna is to large extent historically authentic, i.e. consisting of original structures. Several significant layers of historical development in fortifications and shipyards may be seen on Suomenlinna. The dry dock at the heart of the fortress was the state of the art in 18th century technology.

bastion fortress

For Dan’s Thursday Doors

15 thoughts on “Door at Suomenlinna fortress”

  2. Great images of this fascinating place- love tat first image of the door, and the sixth one showing the fort straddling the hilly terrain

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