Sweden · 16th century
Ekenäs Castle (Ekenäs slott in Swedish) is a castle located outside Linköping in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden. The present castle was built in the 17th century on top of the foundations of a medieval fortress from the 14th century. The lake surrounding the castle hill created a natural defense; however, this was drained in the late 19th century to create more arable land in the area.
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Ekenäs Castle ranks #2,124 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #49 of the 209 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1511, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,526 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Linköping, 19 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
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