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Antwerp's development as a fortified city is documented between the 10th and the 20th century. The fortifications were developed in six phases: First fortification 980 AD: first fortified wall and ditch, improved around 1100. Second fortification 12th century: first vlieten and ruien (city canals) were dug.
Coordinates: 50°50′N 4°00′E. The Antwerp forts. The fortified position of Liège. The National Redoubt ( French: Réduit national, Dutch: Stelling van Antwerpen) was a strategic defensive belt of fortifications built in Belgium. The National redoubt was the infrastructural cornerstone of Belgian defensive strategy from 1890–1940.
2022–23 →. All statistics correct as of 23 January 2022. The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of Royal Antwerp F.C. and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Antwerp participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.
Antwerp Citadel (Spanish: Castillo de Amberes, Dutch: Kasteel van Antwerpen) was a pentagonal bastion fort built to defend and dominate the city of Antwerp in the early stages of the Dutch Revolt. It has been described as "doubtlesse the most matchlesse piece of modern Fortification in the World" [1] and as "one of the most studied urban ...
Breendonk's fortification was part of the outer defensive ring. These fortifications were built on the same site previously occupied by Roman fortifications; this site was selected because it was the only source of clean water in what, until the 18th century, was swampland. The modern fortifications fell to the Germans after only a seven-day siege.
Zandvliet (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzɑntflit]) is a former Belgian town forming part of the Antwerp district of Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo. The place dates back to 1135 when it was known as Santflit, meaning "a navigable passage through sand". In 1622 the Spaniard Ambrogio Spinola constructed a fortification with seven bastions around ...
At Liège, 12 forts – six small and six large – were to be placed in a ring 7–9 kilometres (4.3–5.6 mi) from the city. [16] The circumference of the city's fortress ring was about 46 kilometres (29 mi), with a gap of around 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) between some of the forts, [17] held by intermediate works. The ring forts were placed ...
N. National Redoubt (Belgium) Categories: Buildings and structures in Belgium by type. Fortifications by country. Fortifications in Europe by country.