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The Citadel of Huy (French: Citadelle de Huy) or the Fort of Huy (French: Fort de Huy), known locally as The Castle (Walloon: Li Tchestia), is a fortress located in the Walloon city of Huy in the province of Liège, Belgium. [1] The fort occupies a high position in the town, overlooking the strategic Meuse river.
The County of Huy (Latin comitatus Hoiensis) was a comital jurisdiction of Lotharingia during the early Middle Ages, centred on the town of Huy and its citadel overlooking the Meuse. The county probably originated in the late ninth century as a division of the County of Hesbaye .
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Fort van Huy, chaussées Napoléon More images: Old Grain Exchange, today home of Fondation Bolly-Charlier (nl) (fr) Huy place Verte n° 6 61031-CLT-0026-01 Info. Oude graanbeurs, tegenworodig huis van Fondation Bolly-Charlier More images: Town hall (nl) (fr) Huy Huy
The Citadel have 10 gates include: Chính Bắc gate (more familiar as cửa Hậu (Back gate), located at the back of the Citadel). Tây-Bắc gate (more familiar as cửa An Hòa (An Hoa gate), named after the village here). Chánh Tây gate; Tây-Nam gate (more familiar as cửa Hữu (Right gate), at the right side of the Citadel).
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Despite the promises of Prince Maurice of Orange to relieve Huy, the forces of the new Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, Don Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes (Spanish: Conde de Fuentes), led by Don Valentín Pardieu de la Motte, after a short siege and low resistance, captured the town and the citadel from the combined Protestant troops of Charles de Héraugière.
From the time of Gia Long, this piece was played when the emperors journeyed from the Citadel of Huế to Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth.It was used in villages and courts to invoke divinities and honour monarchs.