Steilneset Memorial

The Steilneset Memorial is a monument in the in in county, . The monument commemorates the trial and execution in 1621 of 91 people for witchcraft.
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Photo: Stylegar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Monument
  • Description: Monument in Vardø, Norway
  • Also known as: “Steilneset Minnested”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vardøhus Fortress and Vardø Church.

Museum
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, called "Wardhouse" in English historical navigations, is located in in county, . It is located in the town of on the island of on the Barents Sea near the mouth of the in northeastern near the border. is situated 380 metres north of Steilneset Memorial.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the on the island of . is situated 730 metres east of Steilneset Memorial.

Tower
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GLOBUS is a radar system in the town of in , county, Norway. It is operated by the Norwegian Intelligence Service and its official uses are primarily space observation and Arctic airspace monitoring for Norway's national… is situated 1¼ km east of Steilneset Memorial.

Steilneset Memorial

Latitude
70.36881° or 70° 22′ 8″ north
Longitude
31.09331° or 31° 5′ 36″ east
Inception
2011
Open location code
CG2H939V+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3235757560
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q1260955
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Steilneset Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Memorial Steilneset”
  • Catalan: “Steilneset minnested”
  • Dutch: “Steilneset Monument”
  • Dutch: “Steilneset-monument”
  • Esperanto: “Monumento Steilneset”
  • French: “mémorial de Steilneset”
  • French: “Mémorial de Steilneset”
  • German: “Hexenmahnmal”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת סטיילנסט”
  • Japanese: “スティールネセト・メモリアル”
  • Korean: “스틸네셋 기념관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Steilneset minnested”
  • Norwegian: “Steilneset minnested”
  • Spanish: “Memorial Steilneset”
  • Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo de Steilneset”
  • Swedish: “Steilneset minnested”

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