Hamina Fortress

Hamina Fortress
Walls of the Hamina fortress
Caponier and main fortress wall
Hamina Fortress
Coordinates	60°34′08″N 27°11′49″E / 60.569°N 27.197°E / 60.569; 27.197
Type	Fortress
Site information
Controlled by	1721–1743  Sweden 1743–1917  Russian Empire 1917–Present  Finland
Site history
Built	1721 (1721)–, 1791 (1791)–1792 (1792), 1803 (1803)
In use	1721–1836, 1845–1855 (as fortress) 1836–Present (as garrison)

Hamina Fortress (Finnish: Haminan linnoitus) is located in Finland on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and it is an integral part of the Hamina city centre. Hamina fortress is a Star fort, representing the Renaissance ideal city embodied by Palmanova city in northeastern Italy.^[1]