Fortress
Patarei Sea Fortress
🇪🇪 Estonia · 19th century
Patarei Sea Fortress is a coastal battery, part of the seaside fortifications of Tallinn raised in the 19th century, and subsequently, in the years 1920–2002, a prison.
Machine-translated from “Patarei” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Patarei Sea Fortress ranks #4,207 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 26 mapped in Estonia. Founded 1840, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 496 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Estonia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Patarei Sea Fortress?
Patarei Sea Fortress stands in Estonia, at 59.44991°, 24.74104°.
When was Patarei Sea Fortress built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1840. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Patarei Sea Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,207 of 7,044 worldwide, and #19 in Estonia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Patarei Sea Fortress?
Toompea Castle, about 2 km away.
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