Skansin Skansin / / gallery 
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Standing on the old ramparts of Skansin (fort of Tórshavn), located on a hill east of the city's harbour, and built in the 1630s to protect against Ottoman pirate raids. The fort was expanded considerably in 1780 and went through a series of rebuilds for many years afterwards, even servving in WWII as the headquarters for British forces in the Faroes.
LOCATION: Tórshavn
DATE: Wed, 09/08/2023
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