Type Fort Open tothe public Yes Materials Masonry | Owner State of Belgium Condition Abandoned, parkland Year built 1817 | |
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Similar Fortified position of Liège, Fort de Boncelles, Château Miranda, Fort de Barchon, Fort de Lantin | ||
Le fort de la chartreuse
The Fort de la Chartreuse, which dominates the Amercœur neighborhood of Liège in Belgium, was built between 1817 and 1823 to defend the city.
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History
The fort is built on a strategic height that dominates the valley of the Meuse, which had been occupied by a Carthusian (Ordre des Chartreux) monastery until the French Revolution. The fort was built by the Dutch, who at the time administered southern Belgium.
The fort was abandoned as a fortification by the military in 1891 and was thereafter used as a barracks. From 1914 to 1918 the Germans used it as a prison, and again from 1940 to 1944. In 1944-1945 it was used by the Americans as a military hospital. The Belgian army left the site in 1988.
Environment
The greater part of the fort occupies a green space that is being reforested. The ramparts and glacis are covered with vegetation.