Citadel of Antwerp

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" and as "one of the most studied urban installations of the sixteenth century".

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Citadel of Antwerp ranks #3,157 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 83 mapped in Belgium. Founded 1572, it is older than 41% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 495 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.

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