Fortress
Saint Peter Fort
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Fort Sint Pieter is a fort that was built in 1701-02 on the northern flank of the Sint-Pietersberg in Maastricht. Until 1867 the fort had a military function as part of the fortifications of Maastricht. Today the structure is a rijksmonument (national monument) and a tourist attraction.
To the southwest of the fort formerly lay the Grote Ingang (Great Entrance) of the Northern Gallery System, to the southeast the Predikherengat and to the northwest the Ancienne Brasserie quarry.
Machine-translated from “Fort Sint Pieter” on the Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Peter Fort ranks #6,158 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #105 of the 200 mapped in Netherlands. 45 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liège, 23 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Saint Peter Fort?
Saint Peter Fort stands in the Netherlands, at 50.83612°, 5.68408°.
How famous is Saint Peter Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,158 of 7,738 worldwide, and #105 in the Netherlands. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Saint Peter Fort?
De Thombe, about 1 km away.
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