United States · 17th century
Fort Christina, also called Fort Altena, was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the present-day downtown Wilmington, Delaware, at the confluence of the Brandywine River and the Christina River, approximately 2 mi (3 km) upstream from the mouth of the Christina on the Delaware River.
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Fort Christina ranks #1,168 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #17 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1638, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,824 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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