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English: Photo taken at the Vardøhus Fortress on the outskirts of Vardø town in Finnmark, Norway:
  • A shiny garrison or military camp bell (signalling bell) with the inscription "Vardøhus Festning" mounted on the wall by the entrance to the Commander's Residence ("The Governor's House"), which was built in 1737.
  • Vardøhus Fortress (Norwegian: Vardøhus festning) is located in the town of Vardø in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, on the island of Vardøya on the Barents Sea near the Russian border. The northernmost fortress in the world was originally built around 1307 as a defense against raids from people further east and to secure Norwegian dominion of Finnmark and the northern territories. The current Vardøhus Fortress was constructed between 1734 and 1738 and remains largely intact in its original form to this day. Covering an area of 25 acres, the defense facility is designed as an octagonal star with low stone-clad earth ramparts. Inside the walls, there are nine distinctive buildings.

Norsk bokmål: Foto tatt på Vardøhus festning i utkanten av Vardø by i Finnmark:
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in the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage database.
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