Eketorp Fort
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: was built in the Iron Age around 400 AD
- Also known as“Eketorp”“Eketorp Borg”“Eketorp Fortress”“Eketorps borg”“Eketorps fornborg”
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Eketorp Fort
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Latitude
56.29554° or 56° 17′ 44″ north
Longitude
16.48617° or 16° 29′ 10″ east
Open location code
9F8R7FWP+6F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Eketorp Fort” goes by many names.
EketorpBasque
Eketorps borgBulgarian
Eketorps fornborgBulgarian
ЕкеторпBulgarian
Екеторп фортBulgarian
EketorpCatalan
Eketorps borgCzech
Eketorps fornborgCzech
Hrad EketorpCzech
Hradiště EketorpCzech
EketorpDanish
Eketorp borgDanish
Eketorps fornborgDanish
EketorpDutch
Eketorp bolwerkDutch
Eketorps borgDutch
Eketorps fornborgDutch
Eketorpin linnakeFinnish
Eketorps borgFinnish
Eketorps fornborgFinnish
איקטורפHebrew
ЕкеторпMacedonian
EketorpNorwegian
Eketorp borgNorwegian Bokmål
Eketorps fornborgNorwegian Bokmål
EketorpPolish
Eketorp FortPolish
Eketorps borgPolish
Eketorps fornborgPolish
Eketorps borgRussian
Eketorps fornborgRussian
Форт ЕкеторпRussian
EketorpSlovenian
Eketorps borgSwedish
Eketorps fornborgSwedish
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