Round tower
Round Tower is a fortification at the market square of Vyborg. It was built in 1547–1550 by the order of Gustav I of Sweden as a part of the medieval town wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: noon—midnight
- Email: round-tower@yandex.ru
- Type: Restaurant
- Description: former fortification in Vyborg
- Also known as: “Round Tower”
- Address: 1, Рыночная площадь, Выборг, 188800
- Roof shape: pyramidal
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Former Bank on Market Square in Vyborg and Statue of Bear in Vyborg.
Former Bank on Market Square in Vyborg
Public building
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Former Bank on Market Square in Vyborg is a public building, which is situated 130 metres northeast of Round tower.
Statue of Bear in Vyborg
Fountain
Photo: Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0.
Statue of Bear in Vyborg is a fountain, which is situated 130 metres south of Round tower.
Mikael Agricola bust by Emil Wikström
Memorial
Photo: Борис Мавлютов, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mikael Agricola bust by Emil Wikström is a memorial, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Round tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linnoitus and Vyborg.
Vyborg
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vyborg is a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, near the Finnish border. It was Finland's second-largest city until World War II, when it was handed to the Soviets as war reparations.
Monrepos Park
Locality
Photo: Krimarka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mon Repos or Monrepos is an extensive English landscape park in the northern part of the rocky island of Linnasaari outside Vyborg, Karelia. The park lies along the shoreline of the Zashchitnaya inlet of Vyborg Bay and occupies about 180 hectares of land.
Round tower
- Categories: tower, fort, building, architectural landmark, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, and food
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
60.71293° or 60° 42′ 47″ northLongitude
28.73736° or 28° 44′ 15″ eastInception
16th centuryLevels
3Height
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9GGCPP7P+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 86924608OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=restaurantOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=pyramidalWikidata ID
Q4241896
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Round tower” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կլոր աշտարակ (Վիբորգ)”
- Armenian: “Կլոր աշտարակ”
- Bashkir: “Түңәрәк башня (Выборг)”
- Bashkir: “Түңәрәк башня”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج دائرى”
- Finnish: “Pyöreä torni”
- French: “tour ronde de Vyborg”
- French: “Tour ronde de Vyborg”
- Polish: “Okrągła Wieża (Wyborg)”
- Polish: “Okrągła Wieża”
- Russian: “Баранья”
- Russian: “Круглая башня”
- Russian: “Петербургская”
- Russian: “Толстая Катерина”
- Swedish: “Runda tornet”
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