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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.
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Huis "Lebrun": gevels en daken: citadel and the site of Mont Picard (nl) (fr) Huy 61031-CLT-0036-01 Info. Site van het ensemble van de citadel en de terreinen van Mont Picard More images: house (nl) (fr) Huy rue du Pont n°16
Citadel of Liège 50°39′07″N 5°34′41″E / 50.652°N 5.578°E / 50.652; 5.578 ( Citadel of A large part of the Liège citadel was demolished in the 1970s to make way for a hospital.
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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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).
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.