Skansen Kronan
Skansen Kronan is a redoubt on the hill Risåsberget, in the Haga district of Gothenburg, Sweden. The fortress and its twin, Skansen Lejonet, were built to protect the city of Gothenburg against possible Danish attack, and thus had a similar purpose to the sea fort of New Älvsborg, which was built around the same time.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: was built for the defenses against possible Danish attack on Gothenburg from the south and was introduced in 1698 and was fitted with 23 canons.
- Also known as: “Crown Redoubt”
Photo: Mirej, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capitol and Hagabion.
Capitol
Movie theater
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Capitol is a movie theater, which is situated 240 metres east of Skansen Kronan.
Hagabion
Movie theater
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Hagabion is a movie theater, which is situated 280 metres west of Skansen Kronan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haga and Kommendantsängen.
Haga
Suburb
Photo: Gumisza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haga is a city district in Gothenburg, Sweden, renowned for its picturesque wooden houses, 19th century-atmosphere and cafés. Originally a working class suburb of the city with a rather bad reputation, it was gradually transformed into a popular visiting place for tourists and Gothenburgers.
Skansen Kronan
- Categories: sconce, redoubt, tourist attraction, heritage site in Sweden, and tourism
- Location: Gothenburg, Domkyrkoförs. i Göteborg, Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Skansen Kronan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Skansen Kronan”
- Dutch: “Redoute Kroon”
- Dutch: “Skansen Kronan”
- Finnish: “Kruunun linnake”
- Finnish: “Skansen Kronan”
- French: “Fortin a la couronne”
- French: “fortin à la couronne”
- French: “Fortin à la couronne”
- French: “Skansen Kronan”
- German: “Redoute Krone”
- German: “Skansen Kronan”
- Portuguese: “Skansen Kronan”
- Russian: “Skansen Kronan”
- Russian: “Редут Корона”
- Spanish: “Reducto de la corona”
- Swedish: “Ryssås skans”
- Swedish: “Skans Krona”
- Swedish: “Skansen Kronan Haga, Göteborg|Haga]] 715:2 f.d. stg 8347, 8356)”
- Swedish: “Skansen Kronan”
- Swedish: “Skanskrona”
- Swedish: “Skansparken”
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