Fort de Malonne

The Fort de Malonne is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont. Contrasting with the French forts built in the same era by Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières, the fort was built exclusively of unreinforced concrete, a new material, rather than masonry. In 1914 the fort was heavily bombarded by German artillery in the Battle of Namur. Malonne was upgraded in the 1930s to become part of the fortified position of Namur in an attempt to forestall or slow an attack from Germany. It saw action in 1940 during the Battle of Belgium, and was captured by German forces. The fort is now part of a nature preserve and is a habitat for bats.

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Fort de Malonne ranks #4231 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #74 of the 83 mapped in Bélgica. Fundado en 1888, más antiguo que el 5% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 407 atlas entries founded in the siglo XIX. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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