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Hamina (Fredrikshamn) Fortress
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Hamina (Fredrikshamn) Fortress
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Hamina (Fredrikshamn) Fortress

Фридрихсгамская крепость (Хамина)
FinlandХамина1743–1811Military sites
A bastion fortress with a radial-concentric town plan, begun by Sweden to a plan of 1722; under the Treaty of Åbo of 1743 the town passed to Russia and was part of the empire, from 1812 within the Grand Duchy of Finland. Major rebuilding began in the 1770s under a master plan approved by Catherine II: the ramparts were strengthened and raised, new outworks and the first stone buildings were built; in the first years of the 19th century the northern front was fortified on the caponier system. The bastion ring, barracks of the 1780s and red-brick barracks of the 1910s survive.
Бастионная крепость с радиально-кольцевой планировкой города, начатая Швецией по плану 1722 года; по Абоскому миру 1743 года город отошёл к России и находился в составе империи, с 1812 года — в составе Великого княжества Финляндского. Крупная перестройка началась в 1770-х годах по генеральному плану, утверждённому Екатериной II: валы были усилены и повышены, построены новые внешние укрепления и первые каменные здания; в первые годы XIX века северный фронт укреплён по капонирной системе. Сохранились бастионное кольцо, казармы 1780-х годов и краснокирпичные казармы 1910-х годов.

Property abroad

EraRussian Empire
FunctionFort, settlement
Present ownerFinland (state and municipal owners)
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2009-12
After 1917 the fortress passed to Finland; according to the RKY inventory confirmed in December 2009 the ramparts have been restored, the Central Bastion serves as a summer events arena and the barracks house the Reserve Officer School.

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