Located in Liège, Belgium, this fort was built in 1817 by the Dutch army (the country of Belgium did not yet exist; it wasn't founded until 1830). This fort is part of the fortification line along the river Meuse which crosses Belgium.
The fort was ready-and-able to house 3000 soldiers, but will unfortunately never complete its purpose to defend anything. The history of this fort is pretty interesting. It was seized by the Belgian people during the revolution in 1830 and it became a simple barracks. During World War I and World War II the fort acted as a German prison. In 1944-45 the American military took control of the fort and it was transformed into the 28th General Hospital for the US Army. The fort now stands decaying and completely obsolete.
The scars of history show on the walls of this empty fortress. While walking around you can easily read signs such as: "Rauchen verboten! (Smoking Forbidden)" or "28th General Hospital US Army" on the walls. Another interesting feature inside the pillboxes, which were put in place to defend the fort, are military paintings that haven’t been erased by time. The site is huge coming in at over 30 hectares, and the entrance is rather difficult to locate, but this place does not disappoint and is definitely worth a visit…
Visited this site 2 weeks ago.
It is so unreal to visit. First I drove the car towards the front gates.. everywhere cars and houses.. lots of noise of the city! The front gate is heavily guarded.. at least 2 gates with barbed wire and cameras.. there's no going through there.
So I parked the car a bit further away and just started to walk around the complex. It is surrounded by a huge impenetrable wall but there is a weak spot, which I guess every visiter uses. Walking past the wall there is 1 major breach, there has been attempts to close it again with fence but it has been opened again. There's even a selfmade ladder to climb on the property!
When you have arrived at the site it looks so unreal, there are many gigantic buildings surrounding you and.. it's so extremely quiet! I've been walking around for a couple of hours and during my visit I saw 2 teenagers entering the site as well. They made lots of noise and it was obvious not their first visit..
So for everyone, it's a great location to visit.. and it really is easy to acces, just follow the wall
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