Viapori

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Viapori is the former name of Suomenlinna, a historic sea fortress built on islands off Helsinki, Finland, and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular cultural attraction.

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Label Occurrences
Viapori canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
sea fortress ⓘ
architect Augustin Ehrensvärd ⓘ
builtFor defense of the Swedish Empire ⓘ
constructedBy Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
constructionStart 1748 ⓘ
controlledBy Finland ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
dateOfRenaming 1918 ⓘ
formerNameOf Suomenlinna ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Suomenlinna ⓘ
Sveaborg ⓘ
hasFunction cultural attraction ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
sea fortress ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
hasHeritageValue example of European military architecture of its era ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction King’s Gate ⓘ
Suomenlinna Museum ⓘ
bastions and ramparts ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
historic barracks ⓘ
naval docks ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
languageOfName Finnish ⓘ
locatedIn Finland ⓘ
Helsinki ⓘ
locatedOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
islands off Helsinki ⓘ
namedAfter Augustin Ehrensvärd (originally Sveaborg) ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Finland defenses ⓘ
Helsinki archipelago ⓘ
defensive system of Helsinki ⓘ
periodOfUseAsName 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
reachableBy ferry from Helsinki ⓘ
significantEvent Crimean War bombardment (1855) ⓘ
Viapori explosion (1906) ⓘ
touristVisitsPerYear over 1 million visitors ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1991 ⓘ
usedFor coastal defense ⓘ
defense of Helsinki ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suomenlinna → alsoKnownAs → Viapori ⓘ
subject linked to: Suomenlinna sea fortress