Älvsborg Fortress

Älvsborg (lit. 'river stronghold'), now generally known as Old Älvsborg (Swedish: Gamla Älvsborg) or Älvsborg Castle (Swedish: Älvsborgs Slott) to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of Gothenburg.

It was demolished in the late seventeenth century, but some of its ruins are still visible today, close to the southern pylon of the Älvsborg Bridge.

Texto adaptado de «Old Älvsborg» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Älvsborg Fortress ranks #2550 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #54 of the 131 mapped in Suecia. Fundado en 1360, más antiguo que el 61% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 346 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XIV. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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