Suomenlinna: Finnish wall

There is famous walls throughout all the planet, of different cultures, of different times, of different influences, but all with the same object, to be protected of something or some. Some, the majority, built crudely without no artistic position that does not cause any grace upon being looked at –truly this quality is not very necessary, knowing that the walls serve to protect and not for fascinate to the look-, but exceptions exist that think –That I want to believe- in the future inhabitants, so that they can enjoy an architectural bequest of a lot of position and utility. Great quantity of walls from there to the present time they are invalid to their objectives, are falls or are so weak by the course of the summers that serve only for to be appreciated.

Suomenlinna (in finadles, Finnish” “castle) is not only a wall as the above-mentioned up the lines but an imposing fortress that flanks six islands of the capital of the Finnish country, Helsinki.; although before going there you should seek hotel to lodge you tranquil and relaxed.

Although it is found in land of Finland, its construction was initiated in the 18th century, exact in 1748, by the swedish government after counteracting the Russian expansion that forgave no land as potential colony of its empire.

All a record of wars passed through its edges, the Russian invasion managed to give in 1909, likewise the civil war of the own country of Finland in 1918, in which was utilized this walled as field of munitions.

At present, especially in summer, this zone is increased of population by the various tourists that arrive at this bay of traveled through historic civilian, besides that they contemplate the beauty of their precision and construction near the dangerous waves of Helsinki.

It is not only a walled of coast but are 6 islands, practically amorphous, whose reliefs are lined of enormous stones that constitute a high and insurmountable fortress. Besides, some parts can also be enjoyed as spas, doing of the experience of its a lot more complete visit, since exactly in the epoch of summer is when the affluence of visitors is greater, by a lot of margin, to any phase of the year. Then an important tourist cultural and historic place can be visited and of past to be given a chapuzón in distant water, not always prone to this pleasure, as are the naturally cold water of Scandinavia.

In epochs of winter, this is a small one populated of only 850 settlers, that occupy only a small corner of the several islands that compose this very interesting attraction of tourism.