Korela Museum-Fortress

About museum

Korela Fortress of the 14th–18th centuries, or Kexholm Fortress, is a cultural heritage site of federal significance. It was built by Novgorodians in 1310 on Castle Island and represents an Old Russian timber-and-earth fortress of the 14th–16th centuries. In the 16th–17th centuries the Swedes rebuilt it according to the bastion system and faced the earthen ramparts with granite. Within the fortress grounds stone structures were erected including a round tower, the Old Arsenal and a gunpowder magazine. In the 18th century, during the Suvorov period, the building of the New Arsenal was constructed, which has housed the museum since 1962. On the fortress grounds there are a building with a permanent exhibition, a large exhibition hall, a souvenir shop, a reception hall and other fortress facilities.