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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.
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.
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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 .
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
Français : Carte indiquant la localisation de l'arrondissement de Huy dans la province de Liège. English: Map of Huy District in province of Liège, Belgium Walon : Mape des comenes del province di Lidje, avou l' arondixhmint d' Hu e rodje.
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.