Skansin

Skansin is a historic fortress in , the capital of the . Skansin is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn. The fort was built in 1580 by Magnus Heinason to protect against pirate/slave raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tórshavn Cathedral and Skansapakkhusið.

Church
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is the second oldest received church of the , on in the old town of . Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. is situated 490 metres northwest of Skansin.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 300 metres west of Skansin.

Pitch
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is a football stadium on the sport site of in , the capital of the . The holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surface on which international football matches could be played.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.

Quarter
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is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

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is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Village
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is a village in the . 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

Latitude
62.0078° or 62° 0′ 28″ north
Longitude
-6.76312° or 6° 45′ 47″ west
Open location code
9CJM265P+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 74484321
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
Geo­Names ID
8181583
Wiki­data ID
Q1187793
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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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