Which fortress that controlled the entranceway between Kattegat and Øresund was in "Hamlet"?
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Kärnan Kärnan (] ; Danish: "Kernen" , both literally "The Core") is a medieval tower in Helsingborg, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is the only part remaining of a larger Danish fortress which, along with the fortress Kronborg on the opposite of Øresund, controlled the entranceway between Kattegat and Øresund and further south the Baltic Sea.
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Kronborg Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list (2000).
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Filtvet Lighthouse Filtvet Lighthouse (Norwegian: "Filtvet fyr" ) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Hurum in Buskerud, Norway. It was first established in 1840, and was replaced by a light in 1985. It was listed as a protected site in 1997.
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Svartholm fortress The Svartholm fortress (Finnish: "Svartholman merilinnoitus" ; Swedish: "Svartholms fästning" ) was built between 1749 and 1764 outside Loviisa in Southern Finland by Augustin Ehrensvärd. The fortress, which lies at the mouth of the Bay of Loviisa, along with the planned land fortress at Loviisa, would have prevented invading Russian forces from entering what was then Swedish territory in present-day Finland.
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Akershus Fortress Akershus Fortress (Norwegian: "Akershus Festning" ) or Akershus Castle (Norwegian: "Akershus slott" ) is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. It has also been used as a palace and as a prison.
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Aalborghus Aalborghus Castle (Danish: "Aalborghus Slot" ) is a castle in Aalborg, Denmark. It is a half-timbered (bindingsværk) castle built by King Christian III from 1539 to around 1555 initially as a fortification. Soon it became the seat of the king's provincial governors in Northern Jutland, and after the introduction of absolutism, became used by the State County of Northern Jutland for taxes.
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Kåfjorden (Nordkapp) Kåfjorden () is a fjord in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 4.5 km long fjord is located on the Porsanger Peninsula and it flows past the village of Kåfjord. It is located about 12 km southeast of the town of Honningsvåg. The fjord flows out into the Magerøysundet strait and then into the Porsangerfjorden. The European route E69 highway follows the southern coast of the fjord, and the entrance to the North Cape Tunnel lies on the western coast of the fjord.
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Katthammarsvik Katthammarsvik is a harbour settlement in Östergarn socken on the Swedish island of Gotland. As of 2005, it was in statistical terms defined as a "småort" (small locality) and has formerly, very briefly, held the status of a "tätort" (locality).
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Kastellet Kastellet may refer to the following fortifications:
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Fairhaven (Svalbard) Fairhaven is an area of Norway. Generally speaking, it is the area between Amsterdam Island and Danes Island and the mainland, while specifically it refers to the sound between Danes Island and the mainland (Albert I Land), in particular the strait between Moseøya and Danes Island. The modern name for this area is Smeerenburgfjorden (a modern blunder, as Smeerenburg was only a settlement).
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Bohus Fortress Bohus Fortress (also known as "Baahus" or "Båhus", originally: "Bagahus") lies along the old Norwegian–Swedish border in Kungälv, Bohuslän, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the Göta river splits into two branches (20 km north of Gothenburg). It commands the surrounding area from a cliff 40 m high, with the river forming a natural moat around it.
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Utti Fortress Utti Fortress is a bastion fortress in Utti, Finland. It was built in 1790s as a part of a larger South-Eastern Finland fortification system to protect Saint Petersburg, the capital of Russian Empire.
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Castello a Mare Castello a Mare ] or Castellammare ] is an ancient fortress that guarded the entrance to the port at Palermo in La Cala. Extensive remains are visible, some of which are open to the public. There is an Arab-Norman keep, a fortified gate or entrance, and remains of a sophisticated Renaissance star-shaped defence.
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Ås Abbey Ås Abbey (Danish: "Ås Kloster" ; Latin: "Asylum" ) was a Cistercian monastery situated near the mouth of the River Viskan into the Kattegat in Halland, formerly part of Denmark but now in Sweden, near the present hamlet of Åskloster about 14 km north of Varberg, in Varberg Municipality.
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Fyns Hoved Fyns Hoved is a bight of northeastern Funen, Denmark, curving south to form the approach to Odense Fjord. It is the northernmost point of Hindsholm and is thus Funen's northernmost point, dividing the Kattegat and the Great Belt. The eastern side of the bight between Fyns Hoved and Skoven, 5.5 m to the south, is irregular, with a beach and hills behind it, and to the south of the bight is a small, shallow bay, Korshavn Bay, with the Korshavn Light in the vicinity. The bay is a natural harbour used by many yachtsmen.
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Lavendelstræde Lavendelstræde (lit. "Lavender Street") is a street in the old town of Copenhagen, Denmark). It runs from Kattesundet-Hestemøllestræde in the northeast to Vester Voldgade in the west, linking Slutterigade and Nytorv and at Regnbuepladsen and Copenhagen City Hall in the southwest.
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Fyrkat Fyrkat is a former Viking ring castle in Denmark, dating from c. 980 AD. It is located near the town of Hobro, some distance from the present end of the Mariager Fjord in Northern Jutland. The fortress is built on a narrow piece of land, with a stream on one side and swampy area on the other sides. It would have enabled control of the traffic on the main land route between Aalborg and Aarhus.
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Arendal Town Hall Arendal Town hall (Norwegian: "Arendal rådhus og kulturhus" ) is located in the middle of downtown Arendal, Norway. The building's two theater halls have been given names from the two lighthouses outside Arendal, Store Torungen Lighthouse and Lille Torungen Lighthouse.
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Het Steen Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. Built after the Viking incursions in the early Middle Ages as the first stone fortress of Antwerp, Het Steen is Antwerp's oldest building and used to be its oldest urban centre.
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Christian IV's Arsenal Christian IV's Arsenal (Danish: Christian IV's Tøjhus), is a historic building on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built by Christian IV of Denmark in 1604 as part of a grand scheme for the construction of a new naval harbour. The arsenal, along with several other buildings, surrounded the harbour basin which was connected to the main harbour by a narrow canal. Later, when ships became too large to enter the harbour, the fleet moved to Bremerholm and the decommissioned naval harbour was later filled in.
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Holmengrå Lighthouse Holmengrå Lighthouse (Norwegian: "Holmengrå fyr" ) is a coastal lighthouse located in the municipality of Fedje in Hordaland county, Norway. It sits on a tiny island in the mouth of the Fensfjorden and Fedjefjorden, near a busy shipping lane headed to the Mongstad industrial area.
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Kvitsøy Lighthouse Kvitsøy Lighthouse (Norwegian: "Kvitsøy fyr" ) is a coastal lighthouse and heritage building in the municipality of Kvitsøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the village of Ydstebøhamn on the island of Kvitsøy. The lighthouse marks the entrance to the huge Boknafjorden, the main shipping route to the city of Stavanger, and inland Rogaland county. The first lighthouse at the site was established in 1700, and the present lighthouse was built in 1829. The lighthouse was automated in 1969, and has been a protected historic building since 1998.