Fortress

Fort Lillo

🇧🇪 Belgium · 16th century

Fort Lillo is a former military fort built as part of the Antwerp Defence Line on the right bank of the Schelde, and completely surrounded by the industrial port of Antwerp.

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Fort Lillo ranks #3,730 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #60 of the 83 mapped in Belgium. Founded 1573, 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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