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Kastellet: Kopenhagen (DK), Kastell von Kopenhagen, Kastelskirken -- 2017 -- 1758
Kastellet: Kopenhagen (DK), Kastell von Kopenhagen, Kanonen am Kommandantgården -- 2017 -- 1759

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Star fort · Copenhagen, Denmark

KastelletSuspected

On the globe
Dated
From 1626; expanded 1662–64
Declared purpose
Citadel
Today
Survives, military area and park
Region
Europe
Architect of record
Henrik Rüse, engineer: about 38 when credited (1662, born 1624). Build time on record: .All architects of record →
On the list as
Suspected

Why it's on the list

A pentagram-shaped citadel still in military use in the centre of a capital.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A five-pointed star citadel in central Copenhagen, still in military use.

  1. Why researchers flag it

    A pentagram-shaped citadel still in military use in the centre of a capital.

  2. A pentagram

    Its plan is a five-pointed star.

  3. Still in use

    It is still an active military site.

  4. Architect of record

    Henrik Rüse (born 1624) was about 38 when credited with the design in 1662. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.

Questions worth asking

  • Why a star in the heart of the capital?

Possible original uses

  • Fort

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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