Fortress
Eketorp Fort
🇸🇪 Sweden
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison. In the 20th century it was further reconstructed to become a heavily visited tourist site and a location for re-enactment of medieval battles. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known prehistoric fortifications on Öland that has been completely excavated, yielding a total of over 24,000 individual artifacts. The entirety of southern Öland has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Eketorp fortification is often referred to as Eketorp Castle.
Text adapted from “Eketorp” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eketorp Fort ranks #7 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 196 mapped in Sweden. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Eketorp Fort?
Eketorp Fort stands in Sweden, at 56.29556°, 16.48611°.
How famous is Eketorp Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7 of 6,412 worldwide, and #2 in Sweden. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Eketorp Fort?
Triberga Castle, about 20 km away.
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