Narva Fortress

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Narva Fortress

  • October 22, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by barcodex from Tallinn, Estonia
Narva Fortress

Nowadays a museum (which is worth visiting), Narva fortress was a strategic place for several armies in medieval times. Located on the top of high bank of Narova (Narva) river, it secured the city from the East. Fortress was originally built by german knights, who controlled the area before the Swedish era (XVI-XVII century). Swedes were interested in moving eastwards, and Narva was a perfect location for their expansion plans. They invested a lot into making Narva fortress strong, and they were really concerned to make Narva a second important city of Swedish Kingdom. However, their plans did not come true because of Russian expansion to the West, started by Peter the Great, founder of Saint Petersburg. In his turn, he also treated Narva as an important military and trade center, but government of new provinces was left in Reval, nowadays Tallinn.

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