Vyborg Castle
Vyborg Castle is a fortress in Vyborg, Russia. It was built by the Swedes during the Middle Ages around which the town of Vyborg evolved. The castle became the stronghold of the Swedish realm in the Karelian region.Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Swedish built medieval fortress in Russia
- Also known as: “Viborg Castle” and “Viipuri Castle”
Photo: Maleevsw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monument to Torgils Knutsson and Industry and Sea Trade Statues in Vyborg.
Monument to Torgils Knutsson
Memorial
Photo: AleAlexander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monument to Torgils Knutsson is a memorial, which is situated 200 metres southeast of Vyborg Castle.
Industry and Sea Trade Statues in Vyborg
Work of art
Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Industry and Sea Trade Statues in Vyborg is a work of art, which is situated 170 metres southeast of Vyborg Castle.
Annenkrone
Photo: Kashak47, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Annenkrone is an early 18th century fortification in Vyborg, Russia. It is located outside the town in the island of Tverdysh. Annenkrone is situated 510 metres northwest of Vyborg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linnoitus and Vyborg.
Vyborg
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vyborg is a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, near the Finnish border. It was Finland's second-largest city until World War II, when it was handed to the Soviets as war reparations.
Monrepos Park
Locality
Photo: Krimarka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mon Repos or Monrepos is an extensive English landscape park in the northern part of the rocky island of Linnasaari outside Vyborg, Karelia. The park lies along the shoreline of the Zashchitnaya inlet of Vyborg Bay and occupies about 180 hectares of land.
Vyborg Castle
- Categories: museum, architectural landmark, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Vyborg Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վիբորգի ամրոց”
- Bashkir: “Выборг замогы”
- Basque: “Viipuriko gaztelua”
- Basque: “Vyborgeko gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Выбаргскі замак”
- Bulgarian: “Виборгски замък”
- Chinese: “維堡城堡”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Vyborg”
- Dutch: “Viborgskiy zamok”
- Esperanto: “Viborga kastelo”
- Estonian: “Viiburi linnus”
- Finnish: “Viipurin linna”
- French: “Chateau de Vyborg”
- French: “château de Vyborg”
- French: “Château de Vyborg”
- Georgian: “ვიბორგის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Burg Wiborg”
- German: “Burg Wyborg”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Βίμποργκ”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Βίμποργκ”
- Hebrew: “מצודת ויבורג”
- Hungarian: “vyborgi vár”
- Irish: “Caisleán Vyborg”
- Italian: “Castello di Vyborg”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Vyborg”
- Italian: “Roccaforte di Vyborg”
- Japanese: “ヴィボルグ城”
- Lithuanian: “Vyborgo pilis”
- Macedonian: “Виборшки замок”
- Persian: “قلعه ویبری”
- Russian: “Выборгская крепость”
- Russian: “Выборгский замок”
- Russian: “Государственный музей выборгский замок”
- Serbian: “Замак Виборг”
- Slovenian: “Viborg”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Viborg”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Víborg”
- Swedish: “Viborgs fästning”
- Swedish: “Viborgs slott”
- Tatar: “Выборг замогы”
- Turkish: “Vıborg Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Виборзький замок”
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