This caponier called The Piggy Bank (Sparbössan in Swedish) was built in the trench below Dalmanstornet in the middle of the 16th century. From the 1830s to 1900, the area in front of it was used as a shooting range, and the wall of the caponier still carries marks of rifle fire.
The name refers to the caponier’s shape that resembled an old piggy bank.
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Photo: En-cas-de-soleil
Written by Holly Golightly
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