Willemstad (North Brabant)

Willemstad (North Brabant)

Willemstad: moat and earthen rampart reinforced with seven bastions. Fortifications of Willemstad. (Vestingwerken van Willemstad). In 1583 AD, prince William of Orange orders the construction of a fortified city on the location of the village of Ruigenhil. The city, called Willemstad, is sill entirely surrounded by its seven sided city wall. The town stopped being a fortress in the 1920's. The walls were preserved as a monument. They were briefly put back to their original use during the second world war, when the German army re-enforced the old walls with a series of bunkers and canon emplacements aimed at the the Hollands Diep estuary. Willemstad 16
Willemstad (North Brabant)

Willemstad: moat and earthen rampart reinforced with seven bastions. Fortifications of Willemstad. (Vestingwerken van Willemstad). In 1583 AD, prince William of Orange orders the construction of a fortified city on the location of the village of Ruigenhil. The city, called Willemstad, is sill entirely surrounded by its seven sided city wall. The town stopped being a fortress in the 1920's. The walls were preserved as a monument. They were briefly put back to their original use during the second world war, when the German army re-enforced the old walls with a series of bunkers and canon emplacements aimed at the the Hollands Diep estuary. Willemstad 16

Willemstad (North Brabant)

Luchtfoto. Willemstad seen from the air, the fortifications are clearly visible. Willemstad 23
Willemstad (North Brabant)

Luchtfoto. Willemstad seen from the air, the fortifications are clearly visible. Willemstad 23

Willemstad (North Brabant)

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