Draft:Fort Plassendale
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Fort Plassendale | |
 Map of Plassendale in the 'Stedenboek' (book of cities) by Frederik de Wit (1698) | |
| Location | Oudenburg, Belgium |
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| Type | Fortress |
| Beginning date | 1585 (Spanish Netherlands) |
| Restored date | 2018-ongoing |
| Dismantled date | 1783 (Austrian Netherlands) |
| Served during | Eighty Years' war, War of Devolution, Franco-Dutch war, Nine Years' war, War of Spanish Succession, war of Austrian Succession |
Fort Plassendale is a former fortress, located in Oudenburg, Belgium. It served during the Eighty Years' war, the War of Devolution, the Franco-Dutch war, the Nine Years' war, the War of Spanish Succession and the war of Austrian Succession. As of 2024, the only remaining structure is the so-called Spanish Toll House (Dutch: Spaans Tolhuis). The fortress as a whole was build after the Fall of Antwerp (1585) and demolished shortly after the port of Ostend was declared a Free-trade zone by Joseph II in 1781. Among the permanent residents were inn keepers, lock keepers, contractors, and boatmen.[1]
Gallery
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Spanish Toll House (1994) -
Spanish Toll House (1994)
References
[edit]- ^ Vanhooren, F. & Velle, P. (2024). Thuis op het bolwerk: de permanente burgerbevolking van Fort Plassendale. In: Jaarboek Erfgoedkring 8460, 2024.