- The islands off the coast of Kotka on the Ruotsinsalmi strait were found to be good places to build defensive fortresses, as the strait's large harbour area and...
- Ruotsinsalmi fortress was built by Russians in 1790-1796. ... The sea fortress was located to islands in front of the city of Kotka and Kyminlinna fortress.
- Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852. Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress...
- In this interdisciplinary paper, we present new archaeological and archaeobotanical data from the 1790s sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi in Kotkansaari, Finland.
- For a good start to the route, visit the Kohtalona Ruotsinsalmi exhibition, which opened in June 2020 at the Vellamo Marine Centre and tells the story of the biggest...
- The Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress was built by Russia in south-east Finland on the site of present-day Kotka between 1791 and 1795.
- The sea fortress of Ruotsinsalmi was built in the 1790s on the Island of Kotkansaari and some smaller surrounding islands, by order of Empress Catherine the Great.
- After the great naval battles of the Swedish Strait in 1790, the Russian Empress Catherine the Great ordered the Kotka area to be fortified.Bulunamadı: sea
- Lookout tower (Ruotsinsalmi). Kotka bölgesindeki 48 yapılacak şeyden 40. sıradaki. ... Lehmustie 3, Kotka 48130 Finlandiya.Bulunamadı: sea
- An herb garden established in 2002 in the restored, small fortress structure of Ruotsinsalmi, where you can get to know about a hundred different herbs...
- It provides an unprecedented look at the most significant naval battle ever fought on the Baltic Sea, just outside Kotka, in 1790 and the fortress city that was built...
- Ancient city-seaport Kotka (in translation from Finnish – “an eagle”) was founded in 1878 ashore the Gulf of Finland at the place of Swedish city Rochensalm.
- Start your fortress adventure from Loviisa where you can visit the ruins of a land fortress and a sea fortress.
