Fort Christina
Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the…Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: capital of New Sweden between 1638–1655
- Also known as: “Fort Altena”, “Fort Christina National Historic Landmark”, and “Fort Kristina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Church Street Historic District.
Holy Trinity Church
Museum
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Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden.
Church Street Historic District
Protected area
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Church Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 22 of which are single family fully attached rowhouse dwellings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Landlith and Lower Market Street Historic District.
Landlith
Hamlet
The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level.
Lower Market Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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Lower Market Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington.
East Brandywine Historic District
Neighborhood
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East Brandywine Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 189 contributing buildings located east of the central business district of Wilmington dating from the late-18th to the early-20th century.
Fort Christina
- Category: fort
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Fort Christina” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Форт Крысціна”
- Cebuano: “Fort Christina Park”
- Chinese: “克莉斯汀娜堡”
- Chinese: “克莉絲蒂娜堡”
- Chinese: “克里斯蒂娜堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Christina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن كريستينا”
- Finnish: “Fort Altena”
- Finnish: “Fort Christina”
- Finnish: “Fort Kristina”
- French: “fort Christina”
- French: “Fort Christina”
- Hebrew: “מבצר כריסטינה”
- Japanese: “アルテナ砦”
- Japanese: “クリスティーナ砦”
- Japanese: “クリスティーナ砦国定史跡”
- Latin: “Arx Christina”
- Russian: “Форт Алтена”
- Russian: “Форт Кристина”
- Russian: “Форт-Кристина”
- Slovenian: “Fort Christina”
- Swedish: “Fort Altena”
- Swedish: “Fort Christina”
- Swedish: “Fort Kristina”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Fort Altena”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Fort Christina”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Fort Kristina”
- Ukrainian: “Форт-Крістіна”
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