Fortress
Tønsberg Fortress
🇳🇴 Norway
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Type
- Fortress
- Fame
- Hidden gem
- Coordinates
- 59.27176°, 10.40364°
- Open data
- Wikidata Q3267240
Tønsberg Fortress (Tunsberghus festning) was a medieval fortress and castle, located in Tønsberg, Norway.
It includes ruins from Castrum Tunsbergis, Norway's largest castle in the 13th century, originally built by King Håkon IV, the grandson of King Sverre.
Text adapted from “Tønsberg Fortress” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tønsberg Fortress ranks #1,867 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #10 of the 15 mapped in Norway. See how Norway compares in the castle statistics.
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