Kyminlinna

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Kyminlinna
Part of South-Eastern Finland fortification system
Finland
Kyminlinna main gate
Kyminlinna Kyminlinna
Coordinates	60°30′26″N 26°53′19″E / 60.50722°N 26.88861°E / 60.50722; 26.88861
Type	Caponier fortress
Area	74 hectares (180 acres)
Site information
Owner	Senate Properties
Open to the public	no
Condition	Partly in disrepair
Site history
Built	1803 (1803)
Built by	Russian Empire
In use	1808 (1808)
Materials	Earth, masonry

Kyminlinna (literally, 'the castle of Kymi') is a fortress located in the northern part of island of Hovinsaari in Kotka, on the south coast of Finland. Kyminlinna is part of the South-Eastern Finland fortification system built by Russia after the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790. Kyminlinna formed the northern part of a double fortification, together with Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress, where Kyminlinna was intended to repulse land-based attacks along the King's Road.