Drottningskär Citadel
Drottningskär Citadel is a fort in Aspö socken, Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: part of the naval base in Karlskrona and built 1680-1750 by military architect Erik Dahlbergh
- Also known as: “Drottningskaer Citadel” and “Drottningskärs kastell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kungsholms Fort and Kurrholmens kastell.
Kungsholms Fort
Military installation
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Kungsholms Fort is a military installation, which is situated 1½ km east of Drottningskär Citadel.
Kurrholmens kastell
Fort
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Kurrholmens kastell is a fort, which is situated 3½ km north of Drottningskär Citadel.
Godnatt
Lighthouse
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Godnatt is a lighthouse, which is situated 4 km northeast of Drottningskär Citadel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drottningskär and Karlskrona.
Drottningskär
Village
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Drottningskär is a locality situated on the island of Aspö in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 328 inhabitants in 2005. It gives its name to a nearby 17th-century naval citadel, now part of the Karlskrona naval city World Heritage Site.
Karlskrona
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Karlskrona, archaic spelling Carlskrona, is a city in Blekinge in southern Sweden. While the city has 37,000 inhabitants, around 60,000 live in the municipality, Karlskrona kommun.
Blekinge archipelago
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Blekinge archipelago, Blekinge skärgård, is in Blekinge, Sweden.
Drottningskär Citadel
- Categories: citadel, architectural ensemble, tourist attraction, museum, heritage site in Sweden, and tourism
- Location: Aspö socken, Aspö, Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Drottningskär Citadel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德羅特寧謝爾要塞”
- Dutch: “Drottningskärs kastell”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Drottningskar”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Drottningskär”
- Dutch: “Vesting Drottningskär”
- Finnish: “Drottningskärin linnake”
- Finnish: “Drottningskärs kastell”
- German: “Aspö 12:1”
- German: “Drottningskärs kastell”
- German: “Festung Drottningskär”
- German: “Zitadelle von Drottningskär”
- Polish: “Zamek Drottningskär”
- Russian: “Drottningskärs kastell”
- Russian: “Цитадель Drottningskär”
- Spanish: “Ciudadela de Drottningskär”
- Swedish: “Drottningskärs kastell”
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