The Miraculous Resurrection of Fort Bourtange

Fort Bourtange, located in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands, represents an amazing achievement in reconstruction work. The fortifications, shaped like a pentagon, reached their maximum expansion in 1742, but were dismantled in the nineteenth century. In the 1960's the municipality decided to reconstruct the Fort, to stimulate tourism. It took several decades to complete the work but walking around there now, it's like the ramparts, moats, the houses and the pentagonal central space have never been away.

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