Fortress
Fort Harssens
Netherlands
Fort Harssens is a former fortress and museum in Den Helder North-Holland. It protected the naval base Willemsoord. The fortress had 4 heavy naval guns placed in two armored cupolas. Nowadays, the maritime traffic control center sits on top of the fortress.
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Fort Harssens ranks #4,271 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #71 of the 126 mapped in Netherlands. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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