Loviisa

The Svartholm fortress was built between 1749 and 1764 outside in Southern by Augustin Ehrensvärd. The fortress, which lies at the mouth of the Bay of Loviisa, along with the planned land fortress at Loviisa, would have prevented invading Russian forces from entering what was then Swedish territory in present-day Finland.
Wikipedia
Photo: Сергеев, Гавриил Сергеевич, Public domain.
  • Locality with 14,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • …is also known as “Svartholm Fortress”
  • Description: Fortress near Loviisa, Finland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loviisa Church and Sibelius House.

Church
Photo: Beckstet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a building.

Museum
Photo: LoviisaOnni, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tesjoki.

Village
Photo: IA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in municipality, , Finland. is situated 5 km east of Loviisa.

Loviisa

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Latitude
60.45659° or 60° 27′ 24″ north
Longitude
26.22505° or 26° 13′ 30″ east
UN/LOCODE
FI LOV
Open location code
9GG8F64G+J2
Geo­Names ID
647571
Wiki­data ID
Q2628683

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Loviisa” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “斯瓦尔特霍尔姆城堡”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦爾特霍爾姆城堡”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦特霍尔姆堡垒”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦特霍爾姆堡壘”
  • Danish: “Svartholm fæstning”
  • Dutch: “Loviisa”
  • Estonian: “Loviisa linn”
  • Finnish: “Loviisa”
  • Finnish: “Svartholma”
  • Finnish: “Svartholman linnoitus”
  • Finnish: “Svartholman merilinnoitus”
  • French: “forteresse de Svartholm”
  • French: “Forteresse de Svartholm”
  • French: “Loviisa”
  • German: “Festung Svartholm”
  • German: “Loviisa”
  • German: “Svartholman Merilinnoitus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svartholm festning”
  • Norwegian: “Lovisa”
  • Norwegian: “Svartholm festning”
  • Persian: “دژ سوارتهلم”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Svartholm”
  • Romanian: “Loviisa”
  • Russian: “Ловийса”
  • Russian: “Свартгольм”
  • Russian: “Свартхольм”
  • Swedish: “Lovisa”
  • Swedish: “Svartholm”
  • Swedish: “Svartholms fästning”
  • Turkish: “Svartholm Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Svartholman merilinnoitus”

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