Kongsvinger Fortress

Hedmark · Norway

Kongsvinger Fortress, Norway
Photo: Tor Egil Riegels Strand, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A star-shaped hilltop fortress guarding the Glomma valley route from Sweden into eastern Norway. Its bastioned walls enclose barracks and batteries built to block invasion along the road to Oslo.

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