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Shlisselburg Fortress an old Russian fortress on Orekhovy Island, at the Neva`s headwaters on Lake Ladoga ,35 kilometers east of St. Petersburg. The fortress is UNESCO World Heritage Site. (As part of the Swedish Empire, the fortress was known as Nöteborg (`Nut-fortress`) in Swedish or Pähkinälinna in Finnish, and became the center of the north-Ingrian Nöteborg county (slottslän)). City >>> Shlisselburg >>> Country >>> Russia >>> Region >>> Leningrad region >>> Category >>> Arts & Culture >>> Libraries & Museums >>> Category >>> Arts & Culture >>> Fine Arts >>> Sculpture >>> Category >>> Arts & Culture >>> Architecture >>> Architectural sites >>> |
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