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      • Open Early Childhood Education and Care
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      • Enrolment to school
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    • Civic college
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Tour of Svartholm Sea Fortress

  • 1. Main gate of Svartholma fortress
  • 2. Timber pier
  • 3. The inner yard of the fortress
  • 4. The western curtain wall
  • 5. Bastion Nordenskiöld
  • 6. Bastion von Schantz
  • 7. Ehrensvärd’s lilac
  • 8. Beach fortifications
  • 9. The eastern ravelin
  • 10. Henrik Renqvist’s memorial
  • 1. Main gate of Svartholma fortress
  • 2. Timber pier
  • 3. The inner yard of the fortress
  • 4. The western curtain wall
  • 5. Bastion Nordenskiöld
  • 6. Bastion von Schantz
  • 7. Ehrensvärd’s lilac
  • 8. Beach fortifications
  • 9. The eastern ravelin
  • 10. Henrik Renqvist’s memorial
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8. Beach fortifications

At the southern end of the fortress one can clearly see how the beach fortifications meander around the island and how close to the water they have been built. The beach fortifications were meant to prevent the enemy from beaching.

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