Fort Christian

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Danish colonial fort historic fort military structure tourist attraction

Fort Christian is a historic Danish colonial fort and the oldest standing structure in the U.S. Virgin Islands, located in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Christian canonical	3
Blackbeard's Castle	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Danish colonial fort ⓘ historic fort ⓘ military structure ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Danish colonial architecture ⓘ
builtBy	Danish West India Company ⓘ
builtFor	administrative center of Danish West Indies ⓘ defense of Charlotte Amalie harbor ⓘ
city	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
color	red ⓘ
constructionStart	1672 ⓘ
country	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
currentUse	museum ⓘ
hasCategory	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Danish West Indies Forts in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ central courtyard ⓘ clock tower ⓘ thick defensive walls ⓘ
hasFunction	fortification ⓘ government building ⓘ museum ⓘ prison ⓘ
heritage	Danish colonial ⓘ
isPartOf	Saint Thomas ⓘ surface form: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean ⓘ Charlotte Amalie Historic District ⓘ West Indies ⓘ
locatedOn	Saint Thomas ⓘ
location	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
material	masonry ⓘ
namedAfter	Christian V of Denmark ⓘ surface form: King Christian V of Denmark
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation	1977 ⓘ
nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesListing	1977 ⓘ
oldestStandingStructureIn	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
overlooks	Charlotte Amalie Harbor ⓘ surface form: Charlotte Amalie harbor
owner	Government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
partOf	Danish West Indies colonial defenses ⓘ
recognizedAs	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
region	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
significance	oldest surviving structure in Charlotte Amalie ⓘ symbol of Danish colonial rule in the Virgin Islands ⓘ
usedAs	courthouse ⓘ governor's residence ⓘ police station ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlotte Amalie → hasLandmark → Fort Christian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blackbeard's Castle

Legislature Building → locatedNear → Fort Christian ⓘ

National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands → hasMember → Fort Christian ⓘ