Crown Redoubt

Skansen Kronan ("the Crown Sconce") 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.

Text adapted from “Skansen Kronan” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Crown Redoubt ranks #2,203 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #41 of the 120 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1700, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

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