Russia · 19th century
Risbank Fort ranks #7,312 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #128 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1807, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Saint Petersburg, 33 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
Risbank Fort (Fort "Pavel I") is a monument of 19th-century history and architecture. It was created to defend Kronstadt from the south and was almost entirely destroyed in 1923. It is a World Heritage object and an object of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance.
Machine-translated from “Павел I (форт)” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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