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Fort Christina

capital of New Sweden between 1638–1655
AdministrativeArea fort Q2063470

Facts

12 properties

Designation

Instance of
fort
Heritage designation
National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place[10][11]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 39.737°, -75.538°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Wilmington[2]

Period and style

Inception
1638[6]
Architect
Peter Minuit[4]
More facts +5
Official website
www.nps.gov[7]
Capital of
New Sweden[9]
Short name
Christina[12]
Described by source
FortWiki[8]
Named after
Christina of Sweden[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fort Altena en Fort Christina en Fort Christina National Historic Landmark en Fort Kristina fi Fort Altena fi Fort Christina he מבצר כריסטינה ja アルテナ砦 ja クリスティーナ砦 ja クリスティーナ砦国定史跡 ru Форт Алтена ru Форт Кристина ru Форт-Кристина sv Fort Altena sv Fort Kristina uk Форт-Крістіна zh 克莉斯汀娜堡 zh 克莉絲蒂娜堡 zh 克里斯蒂娜堡
🔖 Identifiers · 8
VIAF cluster ID
315170584
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
FORT CHRISTIANA, WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE.jpg ↗
Described at URL
www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl
Freebase ID
/m/01fvy1
GeoNames ID
4142576
Google Maps Customer ID
15411553416195756873
NRHP reference number
66000260
Tripadvisor ID
13817585
📚 Sources · 1
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Elevation above sea levelP2044
3 m 2026-09-26 L/PRK · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
Architect 1
Peter Minuit
Capital of 1
New Sweden
Country 1
United States
Described by source 1
FortWiki
Heritage designation 1
National Historic Landmark
Instance of 1
fort
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Wilmington
Named after 1
Christina of Sweden
← Capital 1
New Sweden
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Summary

Fort Christina is a fort[1].

Related Entities

Christina of Sweden FortWiki Peter Minuit United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1638-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Capital of → New Sweden
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Wilmington
    Instance of → fort
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39448"
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