Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Fortress of Suomenlinna' has mentioned 'Fortress' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland | WIKI |
| Suomenlinna (Finnish; until 1918 Viapori), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on eight islands about 4xc2xa0km southeast of the city center of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. | WIKI |
| The Swedish crown commenced the construction of the fortress in 1748 as protection against Russian expansionism. | WIKI |
| The original plan of the bastion fortress was strongly influenced by the ideas of Vauban, the foremost military engineer of the time, and the principles of the star fort style of fortification, albeit adapted to a group of rocky islands. | WIKI |
| During the Finnish War, Sweden surrendered the fortress to Russia on 3 May 1808, paving the way for the occupation of Finland by Russian forces in 1809, and the eventual cession of Finland to Russia at the conclusion of the war. | WIKI |
| Russia held the fortress until Finnish independence in 1918. | WIKI |
| Ehrensvxc3xa4rd's plan contained two fortifications: a sea fortress at Svartholm near the small town of Lovisa,[4] and a larger sea fortress and naval base (Sveaborg) at Helsingfors. | WIKI |
| In addition to the island fortress itself, seafacing fortifications on the mainland would ensure that an enemy could not acquire a beach-head from which to stage attacks on the sea fort. | WIKI |
| Ehrensvxc3xa4rd and some of the other officers were keen artists who made oil paintings presenting a view of life in the fortress during its construction, and giving the impression of a lively "fortress town" community. | WIKI |
| The fortress was fully operational though unfinished. | WIKI |
| Efforts to improve the fortress continued under Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten, but his tenure was cut short by disagreements with King Gustav III. | WIKI |
| The Russians easily took Helsingfors in early 1808 and began bombarding the fortress. | WIKI |
| After taking over the fortress, the Russians started an extensive building program, mostly extra barracks, and extended the dockyard and reinforced the fortification lines. | WIKI |
| The bombardment of Sveaborg (also known then as Viapori) by the forces of Richard Saunders Dundas and Charles Pxc3xa9naud on 9xe2x80x9310 August 1855 lasted 47 hours and the fortress was badly damaged, but they were unable to knock out the Russian guns. | WIKI |
| The fortress and its surrounding islands became part of "Peter the Great's naval fortification" designed to safeguard the capital, Saint Petersburg. | WIKI |
| Following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the fortress became a possession of an independent Finland. | WIKI |
| [12] The fortress was officially renamed Suomenlinna (castle of Finland) as part of the wave of nationalism. | WIKI |
| This is one of the features that makes Suomenlinna unique: the fortress is not simply a museum but a living community. | WIKI |
| 1918: Name Suomenlinna becomes the official name of the fortress in Finnish while retaining its Swedish name Sveaborg in Swedish. | WIKI |
| George R. R. Martin wrote a short story about the surrender of Viapori, "The Fortress", when he was a college student. | WIKI |
| Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) is a sea fortress, which was built gradually from 1748 onwards on a group of islands belonging to the district of Helsinki. | UNESCO |
| The landscape and the architecture of the fortress have been shaped by several historic events. | UNESCO |
| Covering an area of 210 ha and consisting of 200 buildings and 6 km of defensive walls, the fortress stretches over six separate islands. | UNESCO |
| The original fortress was built using local rock and fortified with a system of bastions over varied terrain. | UNESCO |
| The purpose of the fortress was originally to defend the Kingdom of Sweden against the Russian Empire and to serve as a fortified army base, complete with a dry dock. | UNESCO |
| The defensive system was adapted to match the requirements of a modern fortress and developed in the 19th century using contemporary fortification equipment. | UNESCO |
| After Finland gained independence in 1917, the fortress was renamed Suomenlinna (or Fortress of Finland) and served as a garrison and a harbour. | UNESCO |
| The military role of the fortress declined after World War II, and in 1973 the area was converted for civilian purposes. | UNESCO |
| Suomenlinna consists of several defensive and utilitarian buildings that blend the architecture and functionality of the fortress within the surrounding landscape. | UNESCO |
| The property includes the islands upon which the fortress was built. | UNESCO |
| The fortress has only a few buildings dating from the Finnish era, but they retain their own distinctive identity. | UNESCO |
| The Governing Body is responsible for the restoration and maintenance of the fortress. | UNESCO |
| The island-based fortress is not threatened by city planning or traffic. | UNESCO |