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Bourtange Fortress

🇳🇱 Países Bajos · siglo XVI

Bourtange Fortress en los Países Bajos
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Fort Bourtange (Dutch: Vesting Bourtange) is a fort in the village of Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands. It was built under orders of William the Silent and completed in 1593. Its original purpose was to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen, which was controlled by the Spaniards during the time of the Eighty Years' War.

After experiencing its final battle in 1672, the fort continued to serve in the defensive network on the German border until it was finally given up in 1851 and converted into a village. Fort Bourtange currently serves as a historical museum.

Texto adaptado de «Fort Bourtange» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bourtange Fortress ranks #1175 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 124 mapped in Países Bajos. Fundado en 1593, más antiguo que el 38% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 495 atlas entries founded in the siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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