Gothenburg Municipality
Domkyrkoförs. i Göteborg
Gothenburg

Skansen Lejonet

Skansen Lejonet, formally Westgötha Leijon, is a redoubt on the hill Gullberg in , Sweden, built in 1687–92 on the site of an earlier medieval castle.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: was built-in 1687 by Erik Dahlbergh as part of the defenses against possible Danish attack on Gothenburg from the south
  • Also known as: “Lion Redoubt”
  • Roof shape: pyramidal

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Ullevi and Old Ullevi.

Stadium
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Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi, is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the 1995 World Championships… is situated 1 km south of Skansen Lejonet.

Stadium
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Gamla Ullevi is a football in , , that opened on 5 April 2009. The stadium replaced the city's previous main football stadium, also called Gamla Ullevi, and is the home ground of GAIS, IFK Göteborg and Örgryte IS. is situated 1 km southwest of Skansen Lejonet.

Railway station
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Station is the main railway station of and it is the oldest railway station in Sweden still in use. The station serves 27 million passengers per year, making it the second largest railway station in Sweden after which it predates by 13 years. is situated 1 km southwest of Skansen Lejonet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nordstaden and Gothenburg.

Suburb
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is a central district of , , to the north of Stora Hamnkanalen and a part of Gothenburg's original city area. The district is divided by Östra Hamngatan, previously Östra Hamnkanalen, into Östra and Västra .

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is 's second largest city with 600,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. The city lies on Sweden's west coast, at the outlet of the Göta river.

Locality
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is a locality.

Skansen Lejonet

Latitude
57.71429° or 57° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
11.98947° or 11° 59′ 22″ east
Height
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
9F9HPX7Q+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 116416002
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Wiki­data ID
Q10669723
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Skansen Lejonet” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Leijonan linnake”
  • Finnish: “Skansen Lejonet”
  • French: “Redoute Lion”
  • German: “Redoute Löwe”
  • Portuguese: “Skansen Lejonet”
  • Russian: “Skansen Lejonet”
  • Russian: “Редут Лев”
  • Slovenian: “Skansen Lejonet”
  • Spanish: “Reducto de leones”
  • Swedish: “Skansen Lejonet”
  • Swedish: “Skansen Westgötha Leijon”

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Highlights include Henriette Nissens Park and Svingeln.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skansen Lejonet”. Photo: Hesekiel, CC BY-SA 4.0.