Skansin
Skansin is a historic fortress in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Skansin is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn. The fort was built in 1580 by Magnus Heinason to protect against pirate raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tórshavn Cathedral and National Library of the Faroe Islands.
Tórshavn Cathedral
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórshavn Cathedral is the second oldest received church of the Faroe Islands, on Tinganes in the old town of Tórshavn. Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. Tórshavn Cathedral is situated 490 metres northwest of Skansin.
National Library of the Faroe Islands
Library
Photo: Maciej Brencz, CC BY 2.0.
The National Library of the Faroe Islands is the national library for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library. National Library of the Faroe Islands is situated 800 metres west of Skansin.
Skansapakkhusið
Government office
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skansapakkhusið is a government office, which is situated 300 metres west of Skansin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.
Tinganes
Quarter
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tinganes is the historic location of the Faroese landsstýri, and is a part of Tórshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.
Tórshavn
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands. At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.
Argir
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.
Skansin
- Type: Fort
- Description: historic fortress in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Categories: fortress, grassland, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.0078° or 62° 0′ 28″ northLongitude
-6.76312° or 6° 45′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CJM265P+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 74484321OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grass
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Skansin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Skansin gotorlekua”
- Belarusian: “Скансін”
- Belarusian: “Скансын”
- Catalan: “Skansin”
- Danish: “Skansin”
- Faroese: “Skansin”
- German: “Skansin”
- Hungarian: “Skansin”
- Latvian: “Skansins”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skansin”
- Norwegian: “Skansin”
- Ossetian: “Скансин”
- Russian: “Скансин”
- Swedish: “Skansin”
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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 “Skansin”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.