Staverns Fortress
Staverns Fortress was a military facility located on the island of Citadelløya at Stavern in Vestfold, Norway.Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fredriksvern and Stavernsøya.
Fredriksvern
Naval base
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
Fredriksvern was an important Norwegian naval base, just south of Larvik in Vestfold. It is named after Fredrik V Denmark-Norway. The town of Stavern has in many ways come to be because of this naval base. Fredriksvern is situated 570 metres west of Staverns Fortress.
The Seamen’s Memorial Hall
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minnehallen or Hall of Remembrance is a national memorial located outside Stavern in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway. The memorial was commissioned by the Norwegian Parliament after World War I to commemorate the fallen Norwegian sailors of the war. The Seamen’s Memorial Hall is situated 1 km southwest of Staverns Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gamle Frostvedt skole and Ula.
Gamle Frostvedt skole
Locality
Photo: PeterFisk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gamle Frostvedt skole is a locality, which is situated 7 km north of Staverns Fortress.
Ula
Village
Photo: Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ula is a small seaside village in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located in the Tjølling area of the municipality. It is located about 5 kilometres to the south of the village of Hem and about 5 kilometres to the southeast of the village of Tjøllingvollen. Ula is situated 8 km northeast of Staverns Fortress.
Staverns Fortress
- Type: Fort
- Description: building in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
- Categories: cultural property, fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Larvik, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.99574° or 58° 59′ 45″ northLongitude
10.04956° or 10° 2′ 58″ eastInception
1675Open location code
9FCGX2WX+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 609975637OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q14437900
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In Other Languages
From French to Norwegian Bokmål—“Staverns Fortress” goes by many names.
- French: “Fort de Stavern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Staverns Fort”
- Norwegian: “Staverns Fort”
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