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Skansin
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thumb|right|300px|Skansin lighthouse is visible in the background. In the foreground is a British gun from the warship , installed during the Second World War.

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Instance of
fortress
Location
Tórshavn
Manufacturer
Magnus Heinason
Image
Tórshavn skansin 8.jpg
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Skansin
inception
1580-00-00
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thumb|right|300px|Skansin lighthouse is visible in the background. In the foreground is a British gun from the warship , installed during the Second World War.

Skansin is a historic fortress in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skansin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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