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English: Photo of horses (adults and foals) grazing on pasture near Vardøhus Fortress and the Vardø Radio coastal station on the Vardøya Island in Finnmark, Norway.
  • The image was taken on a summer day in late July 2023 with little wind but fog drifting from the sea. The green pasture is located on the salty sea shore by the Bussesundet.
  • 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 mouth of the Varangerfjord in northeastern Norway near the Russian border.
The northernmost fortress in the world was originally built to secure Norwegian dominion of Finnmark and the surrounding areas. 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: Hester (voksne dyr og føll) gresser på beite ved Vardøhus festning og kystradiostasjonen Vardø Radio i nærheten av Steilneset (Steglneset) på Vestøy-delen av Vardøya i Finnmark.

Vardøhus festning i utkanten av Vardø by i Øst-Finnmark er Norges østligste og verdens nordligste festning. Den stod ferdig omkring 1307 som forsvar mot plyndringstokter fra folkene lenger øst. Dagens festning ble bygget mellom 1734 og 1738. Det 25 mål store forsvarsanlegget er formet som en åttekantet stjerne med lave, steinkledde jordvoller. Innenfor murene er det ni særpregede bygninger

This is a photo of a monument in Norway, number:
109883
in the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage database.
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