World Heritage: Naval Port of Karlskrona VI

The water is a part of the bay "Östra Fjärden" and the "Baltic Sea".
In the background the island Stumholmen. To the left the Naval Barracks that were built in 1847 to lodge 500 boatswains. Next the Cooper's storehouse from 1718 that was built to house the enormous number of barrels that the Navy needed for drinking water and provisions. Then a lighthouse and two modern apartment buildings. To the right the yellow Kungshall Storehouse from 1787, built as a slaughterhouse and as a storehouse for salted meat and various other products. Around the storehouse the Kungshall Bastion is located, a part of the planned fortifications system drawn up in 1694.

The qualities that make Karlskrona a World Heritage Site were described by the World Heritage Committee:
“Karlskrona is an exceptionally well preserved example of a European planned naval base, and although its design has been influenced by similar undertakings it has in turn acted as a model for comparable installations. Naval bases played an important part during the centuries when the strength of a nation’s navy was a decisive factor in European power politics, and of those that remain from this period Karlskrona is the most complete and well preserved."

The key to the nomination is the planning of the city, built from 1680 and on, according to the vision of king Karl XI.
Unesco World Heritage: "Naval Port of Karlskrona", ref 871.
whc.unesco.org/en/list/
English: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlskrona_naval_base
Español - Puerto naval de Karlskrona: es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlskrona

Taken in: Sweden / Blekinge / Karlskrona stadsförs. (show map)

Taken on: July 10, 2019

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