Linnan Muuri

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Linnan Muuri.

The Frozen Gulf of Finland (foreground)
with a Suomenlinna Fortress Wall standing in the background
on one of the Wolf Islands in the Suomenlinna Archipelago.

Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.

Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].

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tags: Fortress Wall, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Linnan Muuri (Fortress Wall). Photographed on Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day). This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
tags: fortress wall, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Linnan Muuri (fortress wall). Photographed on Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day). This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
tags: fortress wall, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Linnan Muuri. Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day). This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
tags: fortress, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day Suomenlinna. Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day). This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].

Linnan muurata would be something like "to mason of the castle" which makes no sense. But maybe you mean linnan muuri, "the wall of the castle"? Anyway, it's great to see pictures from Suomenlinna. I live in Helsinki, but I haven't been there for many, many years. Now I'm thinking I should visit Suomenlinna again!