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Kastellet

Kastellet is a citadel located in , . It is one of the best preserved fortresses in Northern Europe. It is constructed in the form of a pentagon with bastions at its corners.
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  • Opening hours: 6:00 AM—10:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: star fort in Copenhagen
  • Also known as: “Kastel” and “Kastellet, Copenhagen”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: CucombreLibre, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Little Mermaid and Kastelskirken.

Work of art
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is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in , . is situated 360 metres northeast of Kastellet.

Church
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The Citadel Church is located in the Kastellet in , the capital of . The church was originally reserved for the garrison of the castle, but in 1902 also incorporated a civil parish. The Citadel Church celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2004.

Government building
Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyboder and Frederiksstaden.

Quarter
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is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in , . It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time.

Quarter
Photo: Manscher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district in , . Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of and forms the moderate conurbation that one million Danes call home. It is big enough to form a small Danish metropolis, with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet small enough still to feel intimate and be safe.

Kastellet

Latitude
55.6914° or 55° 41′ 29″ north
Longitude
12.59426° or 12° 35′ 39″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Inception
1664
Open location code
9F7JMHRV+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175208408
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­barracks
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2619037
Wiki­data ID
Q221812
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Kastellet” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kastellet”
  • Catalan: “Kastellet”
  • Chinese: “卡斯特雷特”
  • Danish: “Kastellet”
  • Dutch: “Kastellet (Kopenhagen)”
  • Dutch: “Kastellet”
  • Finnish: “Kastellet”
  • French: “Kastellet”
  • German: “Kastell von Kopenhagen”
  • German: “Kastell”
  • German: “Kastellet”
  • German: “Zitadelle Frederikshavn”
  • Hungarian: “Kastellet”
  • Italian: “Kastellet”
  • Japanese: “カステレット”
  • Japanese: “カステレット要塞”
  • Korean: “카스텔레”
  • Macedonian: “Кастелет”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Citadellet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kastellet”
  • Norwegian: “Kastellet”
  • Persian: “دژ کاستلت”
  • Polish: “Kastellet”
  • Russian: “Кастеллет”
  • Russian: “Крепость Кастеллет”
  • Spanish: “Kastellet”
  • Swedish: “Kastellet, Köpenhamn”
  • Swedish: “Kastellet”
  • “Kastellet”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kastellet”. Photo: IbRas, Public domain.