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Nonnebakken
Nonnebakken
Nonnebakken 1
5000 Odense C
Photo: VisitFyn
Photo: VisitFyn
It is a bit difficult to see, but Nonnebakken has one of the five, maybe six, ring fortresses that Harald Bluetooth built to exhibit his power, when uniting Denmark.
It was an enormous feat of construction. First, the Vikings levelled the area. Then they built two large ramparts: the outer one is 180 metres in diameter; the inner one 120 metres. There were also palisades made of solid oak planks, 16 long houses, an inner circular road and 2 streets parallel to the north/south and east/west axes of the fortress.