Netherlands · 16th century
Fort Rammekens is regarded as the oldest sea fort in Western Europe. It lies east of Vlissingen near the village of Ritthem on the peninsula of Walcheren in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The fortress has been declared a Rijksmonument.
Machine-translated from “Fort Rammekens” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Rammekens ranks #4,377 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 198 mapped in Netherlands. Founded 1547, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,305 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Middelburg, 6 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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