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Kastellet

star fort in Copenhagen
Administrative Area Citadel Q221812
Kastellet
Ib Rasmussen · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

13 properties

Designation

Instance of
citadel, star fort[3]
Heritage designation
monument on Kulturstyrelsen register, protected ancient monument in Denmark[10][11]

Location

Country
Denmark[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.692°, 12.594°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Copenhagen Municipality[1]

Period and style

Inception
1662[6]
Architectural style
Baroque[5]
More facts +6
Official website
www.forsvaret.dk[7]
Area
+13.2[13]
Commissioned by
Christian IV of Denmark[4]
Described by source
Trap Danmark (3rd ed.), Starforts[8][9]
Native label
Kastellet[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kastellet de Kastellet de Kastell von Kopenhagen de Zitadelle Frederikshavn fa دژ کاستلت ja カステレット要塞 nl Kastellet (Kopenhagen) ru Кастеллет zh 卡斯特雷特
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
7749348-5
Burgenwelt ID
daenemark/kastellet
Danish ancient monument ID
190910
Danish listed buildings case ID
3100059
Freebase ID
/m/06bdlq
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2745023
GeoNames ID
2619037
Lex ID
Kastellet
OpenStreetMap way ID
175208408
Quora topic ID
Kastellet
Trap Danmark ID
Kastellet
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/Copenhagen 2026-09-26 S/FT · DK GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
citadel, star fort
Architectural style 1
Baroque
Commissioned by 1
Christian IV of Denmark
Country 1
Denmark
Described by source 1
Starforts
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Copenhagen Municipality
Located in this place 1
Citadel Church
People born here 1
Nina Bang
People who died here 1
John Norcross
← Headquarters location 1
Danish Defence Intelligence Service
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Christian IV of Denmark Denmark

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · LawEnthusiast · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 7749348-5
    Coordinate location → 55.692°, 12.594°
    Heritage designation → monument on Kulturstyrelsen register, protected ancient monument in Denmark
    Inception → 1662
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Added [he] label: מצודת קופנהגן"
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