Fortress of Saint Elizabeth

The Fortress of St. Elizabeth is a former earthen fortress in the form of a six-pointed star in the city of in central , which became the main symbol of the city.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fortress in Kropyvnytskyi
  • Also known as: “Fortress of St. Elizabeth” and “Saint Elisabeth Fortress”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ivan Karpenko-Karyi Memorial Museum and Regional Museum of Art.

Museum
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is situated 1 km north of Fortress of Saint Elizabeth.

Art gallery
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is an art gallery, which is situated 1 km northeast of Fortress of Saint Elizabeth.

Church
Photo: Константинъ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Fortress of Saint Elizabeth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kropyvnytskyi.

Photo: Константинъ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the administrative center of Kirovohrad Oblast and Kirovohrad Rayon. It is an industrial and cultural center of Kirovohrad Oblast. is located on the Dnieper Upland, on the banks of river Inhul.

Fortress of Saint Elizabeth

Latitude
48.49821° or 48° 29′ 54″ north
Longitude
32.25436° or 32° 15′ 16″ east
Open location code
8GWJF7X3+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355793873
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q4240278
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Fortress of Saint Elizabeth” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Die vesting van Sint Elisabeth”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট এলিজাবেথের দুর্গ (ইউক্রেন)”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট এলিজাবেথের দুর্গ”
  • Catalan: “Fort Santa Elisabet”
  • Catalan: “fortalesa Santa Elisabet”
  • Czech: “Pevnost svaté Alžběty”
  • Dutch: “Fort van St. Elisabeth”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo de Sankta Elizabeto (Ukrainio)”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo de Sankta Elizabeto”
  • Estonian: “Püha Eliisabeti kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Elisabetin linnoitus”
  • French: “Fort Sainte-Élisabeth”
  • French: “Forteresse de Saint Elizabeth”
  • Georgian: “ციხე Saint Elizabeth”
  • German: “Festung der Heiligen Elisabeth (Kropywnyzkyj)”
  • German: “Festung der Heiligen Elisabeth”
  • German: “Fortress of Saint Elizabeth”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο της Αγίας Ελισάβετ”
  • Hausa: “Kagara Saint Elizabeth”
  • Hindi: “सेंट एलिजाबेथ किला (यूक्रेन)”
  • Hindi: “सेंट एलिजाबेथ किला”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Erzsébet erőd”
  • Irish: “Dúnfort Naomh Eilís”
  • Italian: “Forte di Sant’Elisabetta (Kropyvnyc’kyj)”
  • Italian: “Forte di Sant’Elisabetta”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Santa Elisabetta”
  • Japanese: “聖エリザヴェータ要塞”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fort Helleg Elisabeth”
  • Maltese: “Fortizza ta‘ Santa Eliżabetta”
  • Maltese: “Fortizza ta’ Santa Eliżabetta”
  • Polish: “Twierdza św Elżbiety”
  • Polish: “Twierdza św. Elżbiety (Kropywnycki)”
  • Polish: “Twierdza św. Elżbiety”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea Sfânta Elisabeta din Kropîvnîțkîi”
  • Russian: “Крепость Святой Елизаветы”
  • Russian: “Крепость Святой Елисаветы”
  • Serbian: “Тврђава Свете Јелисавете”
  • Slovak: “Pevnosť svätej Alžbety”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Santa Isabel”
  • Swedish: “Fästningen Heliga Elisabet”
  • Tagalog: “Kuta ng Santa Elisabeta”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Elizabeth Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Єлизаветградська фортеця”
  • Ukrainian: “Єлизаветинська фортеця”
  • Ukrainian: “Єлисаветградська фортеця”
  • Ukrainian: “Єлисаветинська фортеця”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця святої Єлизавети”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Святої Єлизавети”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця святої Єлисавети”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Святої Єлисавети”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Saint Elizabeth”
  • Western Frisian: “Fort fan Sint-Elizabeth”
  • Xhosa: “Inqaba yaseSanta Elisabethe”

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