In Denmark 1000-year-old fortress of Vikings is discovered

It is stated about the fifth fortress of Vikings located at the area of modern Denmark. Having been left forgotten during more than one thousand years, a round fortress built in the times of Vikings has been discovered by archaeologists in Køge city. This discovery has turned all the modern knowledge about the epoch of Vikings.

The scientists used to consider that four fortresses of Vikings having been found out earlier represent everything that has been left in Denmark from their heritage. However, in September 2014, the first in its way archaeological discovery has been made for the last sixty years.

The queen Margrethe opened the fortress by herself to allow the public to visit it in the course of official ceremony. The territory of fortress called Borrering has been accepting attendees since the first of June and, as it is expected, will attract more than 30 thousand visitors annually, as The Local reports.

Recently opened fortress Borrering joined four ones having been figured out earlier such as Aggersborg and Fyrkat in Jutland, Trelleborg in western Zealand, and Nonnebaken near Odense. They are in the age of more than one thousand years relating to the period when the king was Harald Blåtand Gormsson from 958 to 987.

The experts of university of Århus city created a video with 3D reconstruction of fortress so as to demonstrate how the building used to be looking like one thousand years ago.