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 #4,762 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #26 of the 36 mapped in Estonia. Founded 1840, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,012 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tallinn, 1 km away. See how Estonia compares in the castle statistics.
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