Kongsvinger Fortress

Kongsvinger Fortress (Norwegian: Kongsvinger festning) is located in the city of Kongsvinger which is located within Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is situated on a hill west and north of the Glomma river, standing astride the ancient Vinger Royal Road, which connected Norway and Värmland, Sweden as well as on the north-south Norwegian route along the Glomma. As Kongsvinger formed a key junction point for these routes, fortifications were constructed there to protect against invasion from the east.

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Kongsvinger Fortress ranks #3503 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #17 of the 19 mapped in Noruega. Fundado en 1673, más antiguo que el 28% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 399 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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