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About Gunpowder Tower

Krudttarnet is a former gunpowder mag and fortification in Frederikshavn, Denmark. The tower turned into constructed in 1687, as a principal issue of Frederikshavn's fort. The fortress, firstly called the Fladstrand fort earlier than the city became renamed inside the early 19th century, turned into built to cozy the northernmost beneficial anchorage on the eastern coast of Jutland. This anchorage was a strategically important website online for ships sailing to Norway, and played a position in conflicts which includes the Great Northern War and the Gunboat War.

The tower is now the only part of the fortress nonetheless standing, but is no longer within the original vicinity: in 1974 it become moved by way of 270 meters to make room for a variety of Frederikshavn's shipyard, a circulate that took thirteen months to perform. It reopened to the public in 1976, as a part of Bangsbo Museum. This is one the best location to go to for visitor.

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