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/slave raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid.
- Fort
- Description: historic fortress in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Tórshavn Cathedral and Skansapakkhusið.
Tórshavn Cathedral
Tórshavn Cathedral is the second oldest received…
490 metres northwest of Skansin
Skansapakkhusið
Skansapakkhusið is a government office.
300 metres west of Skansin
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.
Tinganes
Tinganes is the historic location of the landsstýri of the Faroe Islands, and is a part of Tórshavn.
Skansin
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Latitude
62.0078° or 62° 0′ 28″ north
Longitude
-6.76312° or 6° 45′ 47″ west
Open location code
9CJM265P+4Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = fort
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = grass
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Skansin” goes by many names.
Skansin gotorlekuaBasque
СкансінBelarusian
СкансынBelarusian
SkansinCatalan
SkansinDanish
SkansinFaroese
SkansinHungarian
SkansinsLatvian
SkansinNorwegian
SkansinNorwegian Bokmål
СкансинOssetian
СкансинRussian
SkansinSwedish
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