16th Century Dutch Star-Shaped ˜Moat Fort'

16th Century Dutch Star-Shaped ˜Moat Fort'

Fort Bourtange is a star-shaped moat fort, located in the village of Bourtange in the east of Groningen in the Netherlands near the German border. This fort was built in 1593 to create a border around the only road between Germany and Groningen, which was was occupied by Spaniards around the time of the Eighty Years War.

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