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Olonets Fortress

🇷🇺 Russia · 17th century

Olonets Fortress in Russia
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Fortress at a confluence of rivers Olonka and Megrega, built in 1648 and destroyed by fire in 1741. Olonets Fortress ranks #5,124 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 127 mapped in Russia. Founded 1648, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

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