Skansen Kronan
Skansen Kronan is a redoubt on the hill Risåsberget, in the Haga district of Gothenburg, Sweden. The fortress and its twin, Skansen Lejonet, were built to protect the city of Gothenburg against possible Danish attack, and thus had a similar purpose to the sea fort of New Älvsborg, which was built around the same time.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leffe00, Public domain.
Photo: Västgöten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Friday 10:00 AM—2:00 PM
- Type: Tower
- Description: was built for the defenses against possible Danish attack on Gothenburg from the south and was introduced in 1698 and was fitted with 23 canons.
- Also known as: “Crown Redoubt”
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Mirej, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capitol and Hagabion.
Capitol
Movie theater
Photo: Abbedabb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capitol is a movie theater, which is situated 240 metres east of Skansen Kronan.
Hagabion
Movie theater
Photo: Paracel63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hagabion is a movie theater, which is situated 280 metres west of Skansen Kronan.
Dicksonska folkbiblioteket
Community center
Photo: Raphael Saulus, CC0.
Dicksonska folkbiblioteket is a community center, which is situated 410 metres north of Skansen Kronan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kommendantsängen and Haga.
Haga
Suburb
Photo: Gumisza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haga is a city district in Gothenburg, Sweden, renowned for its picturesque wooden houses, 19th century-atmosphere and cafés. Originally a working class suburb of the city with a rather bad reputation, it was gradually transformed into a popular visiting place for tourists and Gothenburgers.
Annedal
Suburb
Photo: Bolstermage, Public domain.
Annedal is a district of Gothenburg, Sweden, which falls with the borough of Linnéstaden. It is an older traditional working class district. Much of the original housing was demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s for the construction of modern housing estates.
Skansen Kronan
Latitude
57.69601° or 57° 41′ 46″ northLongitude
11.95534° or 11° 57′ 19″ eastInception
1698Open location code
9F9HMXW4+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 32871212OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1570303
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Skansen Kronan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Skansen Kronan”
- Dutch: “Redoute Kroon”
- Dutch: “Skansen Kronan”
- Finnish: “Skansen Kronan”
- French: “Fortin a la couronne”
- French: “fortin à la couronne”
- French: “Fortin à la couronne”
- French: “Skansen Kronan”
- German: “Redoute Krone”
- German: “Skansen Kronan”
- Portuguese: “Skansen Kronan”
- Russian: “Skansen Kronan”
- Russian: “Редут Корона”
- Spanish: “Reducto de la corona”
- Swedish: “Ryssås skans”
- Swedish: “Skans Krona”
- Swedish: “Skansen Kronan Haga, Göteborg|Haga]] 715:2 f.d. stg 8347, 8356)”
- Swedish: “Skansen Kronan”
- Swedish: “Skanskrona”
- Swedish: “Skansparken”
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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 Kronan”. Photo: Leffe00, Public domain.